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		anonymousDan 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Alibaba's new AI chip: Key specifications comparab... You say 95% failed like it's a bad thing - a 5% success rate sounds reasonable to me in terms of startups!

GoatInGrey 4 months ago [–]

It's not startup success rate, it's application of the technology at companies. Meaning that 95% of the time that AI is applied to a work problem, it fails to generate material value over existing methods.

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