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There is no use case for chat boxes. Uber was losing money, but it was driving people to places. Amazon was losing money, but it was delivering books to people. Chat boxes don't do shit.
Uber would have failed if their cars just drove in circles. Amazon would have failed if they didn't deliver anything. There is no real use case for this tech, just like with scam coins or monkey pictures, this is tech searching for a problem to solve.
The most foundational aspect of business is that you gotta do something to get money. What exactly have these chat boxes produced? Shitty porn and incorrect advice. If that's the best they've got after consuming the entirety of human knowledge and guzzling an ocean of freshwater, this shit ain't going nowhere.
If you think AI is just “chat boxes” then you really need to just start out Of any and all AI discussions.