• ∃∀λ@programming.dev
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    4 hours ago

    In other words, corporate leadership is starting from the premise that AI has (or will) radically change the business, and they’re working backwards from that premise to find the evidence to support this article of faith.

    Sounds familiar. The proof-of-work blockchain scheme which was the fad a while ago is also often described as a solution in search of a problem.

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      3 hours ago

      I feel like block chain as a public ledger has found quite a few purposeful uses, and was a solution to a handful of problems most people rarely if ever encounter. Then fake money got involved

      • non_burglar@lemmy.world
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        42 minutes ago

        Yes, exactly.

        Block chain would have been an amazing solution to most democratic vote validation processes.