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Attached: 1 image me, from 2014 "BIG DATA IS ALL ABOUT THE ALGORITHMS THAT WILL MAXIMIZE PROFITS by not having to "waste money" in employees... that's #technolibertarianism #techOptimism #fascism

I’ve noticed something interesting lately. Several people have reached out privately after seeing my comments or articles about AI, content where I express my tech optimism and belief that AI will transform our world similar to how the internet and smartphones did. What surprises me is that many of these conversations, often with professionals I respect from innovative companies, quickly turn to how AI could “eliminate headcount” or replace manual processes. This perspective puzzles me. Are we so focused on protecting our current roles that we’re missing the bigger picture of possibilities? It reminds me of the transition from horse-drawn carriages to automobiles. The farriers, stable owners, and carriage makers who thrived weren’t those who fought to preserve the status quo, they were those who recognized the shifting landscape and adapted. This exact mindset is why we founded Krane Labs. We saw that clinging to traditional old-school hosting infrastructure would leave us optimizing a declining paradigm. Instead, we embraced the public cloud and its transformative potential; not just to do the same things more efficiently, but to enable entirely new possibilities. Are you positioning yourself as the farrier desperately protecting the horseshoe business? Or are you preparing to build the next generation of vehicles? The most exciting opportunities won’t come from doing the same things more efficiently—they’ll emerge from entirely new possibilities we haven’t yet imagined. #TechOptimism #AIFuture #Innovation

Regarding that Economist article ...