Which tech giants of today could you see toppling NEXT?
1017 sats \ 8 comments \ @birdeye21 7 Nov 2023 tech
Google...looking more and more like it to me.
OpenAI's (sorry darth) DevDay yesterday brought an entirely new perspective on how we interact with computers, the internet, etc.
Giving "googling" a run for its money.
I don't know about you all, but my typical behavior with the internet has already shifted quite a lot since these AI tools started emerging in late 2022/early 2023. I rarely google search these days -- 90% of my searching gets offloaded to the robots (for basic information).
Search with AI is more nuanced, actionable, and detailed -- unlike Google's SEO-fodder, cookie cutter content links that you have to manually sift through.
Perhaps it's a bit of a stretch expecting company giants as dominant as Google to vanish in the near future, but what's being made clear with recent developments in tech is that our interactions with computing in general are experiencing a wholistic evolution.
These bots may just be what cracks the monopoly eventually:
And I'm not saying Bing AI is gonna be what reigns supreme after all's said and done. I think Bing is just one of the first few of MANY to enter the market and begin eating away at that 90.7%.
Whatever's left over on the other side is becoming more and more uncertain, but I have a feeling I won't be needing to rely on a "Google" to scrape the internet for me for much longer...However Google approaches AI, like with SGE, to stay relevant is beyond me, and I'm sure they won't go down without a fight.
But in a better world, I don't see us relying on any of these soulless corporations...We'll opt for highly-specialized "personal" agents to take care of things for us. Where they source the tools they need to make things happen, I will not know or care to know.
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352 sats \ 1 reply \ @quark 7 Nov 2023
This is important for Google because most of its revenue is still from ads in searches. I try to avoid googling unless extremely necessary. Indeed, I also see a trend of using AI instead of searching webpages. The AI can do the search for you too and it often gives you better information quicker. I think Google needs to be working hard on something new or its revenue can go down quickly.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @birdeye21 OP 8 Nov 2023
Yes and that 90% dominance doesn’t even need to shrink entirely for it to happen
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155 sats \ 3 replies \ @k00b 7 Nov 2023
Of all the social media companies, I think Facebook will be the only one to survive ... and I use none of their products today. They're making bets that are proportional to their market position though. All the others are continuing to play silly games by bolting on feature after feature rather than placing some bold bet.
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100 sats \ 2 replies \ @birdeye21 OP 8 Nov 2023
100% agree. Zuck has a clear vision that others like us can recognize.
Others like Musk just looks to be shotgunning a bunch of features all at once and seeing what sticks, and follow where the market takes things
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42 sats \ 1 reply \ @rybka 8 Nov 2023
On the other hand, their recent shift to AI despite rebranding to Meta and claiming to focus primarily on AR/VR from on then doesn't show very clear focus. Sure, they need to stay relevant in an AI boom, but specifically Facebook has seen dropping numbers in users for years now, young people don't use it at all, and Instagram will hopefully soon be widely recognized as the mental health cancer that it is, and at this point it's trying too hard to be TikTok. Still they cannot afford to drop these legacy products because they are what makes them money for AR/VR R&D.
I see their refocusing on developing accessible AR/VR headsets as a good move as even though they are still seeing massive losses on it, they are spearheading the hardware development and creating a market. The software (apps, games, experiences to explore) is still absolutely terrible though. Whether or not they will manage to be the top driver in this field remains to be seen, but I wouldn't bet on it. The massive rebranding and developing every product possible seems more like a crisis of vision to me. They are stretched thin and that's not good positioning before an economic downturn.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @birdeye21 OP 8 Nov 2023
I used to initially have the same thoughts -- seemed more like a crisis of a vision.
I think as time's passed since though the plan has "aged" nicely, at least from my perspective. I think Meta's much better positioned for success than they were upon the first (abysmal) announcement.
Regardless of how drastic or desperate the move was, I think it's built a much longer runway for them to build and compete on then what they had previously.
Ultimately tho: hoping these companies all die off lol shit's gettin dystopian af
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105 sats \ 1 reply \ @brianh 7 Nov 2023
would X (formerly Twittah) count? i read an article about how the value of the company has tanked dramatically over the past year
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5 sats \ 0 replies \ @birdeye21 OP 8 Nov 2023
Yep lol. Def counts.
Unless Elon somehow nostrizes
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