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I can't stress the importance of having habits that build something.
A year a go I made a crude animation of TFM and since then I've been paid thousands of dollars for my videos.
All of this stemmed from glorified meme-making in my free time.
Make it a habit to have a hobby that creates something.
You'll be shocked at what people will buy.
I know I was.
@UncleIroh Good question!
Here are some off the top of my head.
1. Better product differentiation. If what you do anyone can easily, copy, they will do so and drive down prices.
2. Higher margins. Starting out I was cheat to get clients but it bit me in the ass because I couldn't afford help as I scaled.
3. Consistent marketing: Once I hit a decent amount of clients I coasted which wasn't wise. When I lost all my clients I had no leads because I spent all my time serving my current ones.
I agree that this will be an octane boost for the small startup, no doubt.
BUT, if the AI workers are leased from a global corp instead of run from an open source version wholly owned by the startup then we have will have created a monster.
The global corps will have their leased workers phoning home & have access to all downstream Intellectual Property & we will be under constant threat of worker termination & lawfare. In essence, digital feudalism.
Not the W we think it is.