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Six Dubious Strategies The AI industry Has Tried: Doom (Oh No! AI Civilizations!) Gloom (You will all lose your jobs!) Nerd Rapture (AI will be better than all humans by the end of next year!) Terror (What about China!) Price Wars (80% off!) and, now, a new last-ditch business model: “Pay when it works!” For an industry that allegedly has the world wrapped around its finger, they look more and more desperate every week. [Cartoon elicited from ChatGPT; spot the nonsense word!]
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