Opinion: Least Intelligent Business Might Be AI Labs
dbasch · x · 2026-08-18
A comment suggested that the least intelligent business in the future might be second or third-tier AI labs, as other industries adopt frontier models while labs face competition bans. The rebuttal argues this is a narrow definition of business, noting that most global businesses have little need for intelligence, or it is not the bottleneck.
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