Yeah. A lot of what is happening here is a Ponzi scheme. The Amway cleaner IS nice on maybe toilets. But people don’t get excited about clean toilets so the Ameay guy promises it can clean your whole house and make you a ton of $$. If I focus on toilets, it’s both true & not true enough for them
They believe themselves “best,” prepare to defend against “worst,” but can’t cope with the concept of “mid.” Because it puts them as part of a process, an iteration, instead of an arrival, maybe?
(Grew up with an MLM Dad here.) So you want me to be breathlessly excited about A.I. cleaning my house and making me rich. I want you to instead tell me which A.I. product does what, weight it’s costs and benefits, and focus on that. I do these lectures and people ask me, “BUT WHAT ABOUT AI?!” Which A.I.? Where? When? Under what conditions? Telling me it’s inevitable and it changes everything is like asking me to critique policy in a Grimm’s fairytale. The use cases of the most devoted AI enthusiasts are limited, more than half speculative, and come with massive social consequences. What am I supposed to be excited about exactly? Better Q: why isn’t my being *mildly interested* not enough? Back to my MLM Dad. The mildly interested mark is your biggest problem. You have to flip them or get rid of them. They provide a ballast in a room for people who just want to know the right person/idea to follow. Anyway, if I’m going to be forced into this casino I would at least like to choose my table. I would very much like to take Bill Gates up on his 2030 bets. Any odds he likes.