Cocopool, business model: airbnb for private swimming pools, I kid you not, got interviewed as part of the Spanish evening news. Result: website unresponsive and returning 504 for a while.
"People who believe in superintelligence present an interesting case, because many of them are freakishly smart. They can argue you into the ground. But are their arguments right, or is there just something about very smart minds that leaves them vulnerable to religious conversion about AI risk, and makes them particularly persuasive?"
"What if the big tech companies achieved their ultimate business goal — maximizing engagement on their platforms — in a way that has undermined our ability to function as an open society? What if they realized that when folks agree on a solution to a problem, they are most likely to log off a site or move on?"
"I believe that artificial intelligence has three quarters to prove itself before the apocalypse comes, and when it does, it will be that much worse, savaging the revenues of the biggest companies in tech.", predicts Ed Zitron.
Product Market Traps: a phenomenon whereby consumers find themselves trapped in an inefficient market equilibrium and prefer the product not to exist, but cannot coordinate to stop using it. (e.a. Social Media)
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