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The AI Goldrush, and Conversations as the New Shovels

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Richard Merrick
Jun 06, 2024
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“During the gold rush it’s a good time to be in the pick and shovel business”

―Mark Twain

At a time when people are falling over themselves to use AI to be “efficient”, to write articles, resumés and give answers to questions they don’t understand, there’s going to be a lot of “fools gold” around.

As

Johnnie Moore
pointed out this week in his wonderful short, there’s no substitute for practice.

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Conversations are the new shovels.

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