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Ask HN: Why is every company encorporating AI everywhere?

A Hacker News user asks why every company is incorporating AI everywhere, questioning its necessity. Another user responds that product owners were promised LLMs/AI as a magical genie that can do anything, so they make it do everything, and that trillions of dollars spent on data centers and thousands of layoffs have to be justified somehow.

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Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit login Ask HN: Why is every company encorporating AI everywhere? 4 points by vanessa1211 11 minutes ago | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment So I have been going through multiple websites and also been seeing AI in all the apps that I use. Do you think it is necessary ? help theandrewbailey 2 minutes ago [–] Product owners were promised that LLMs/AI is a magical genie that can do anything, so they make it do everything. The trillions of dollars spent on data centers and thousands of layoffs has to be justified somehow. reply Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact Search:

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