Why Sam Altman Is Wrong About the AI Gold Rush (And What Works Instead)
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Why Sam Altman Is Wrong About the AI Gold Rush (And What Works Instead)

B1IntermediateNovember 13, 202615 min
  • One speaker
  • Business & money

While Sam Altman talks about billion-dollar AI models, the real money is in the unglamorous work nobody's discussing: automating the tedious tasks that eat up 60% of every business day. Most entrepreneurs are chasing the wrong AI opportunity. They're building chatbots and trying to create the next viral AI app while missing the obvious play right in front of them. Companies are literally throwing money at problems that existing AI tools can solve today. In This Episode: > Why the AI gold rush mentality is keeping you broke > The $150 billion AI services gap that's wide open for grabs > How prompt engineers with...

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Okay, so here's something that's gonna blow your mind. A freelancer I know just made $15,000 in two months helping local businesses write product descriptions. And before you roll your eyes thinking this is another

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get rich quick story, here's the kicker. She's not a programmer, she doesn't have a computer science degree, and she's not building the next chat GPT.

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She's using $80 worth of AI tools and charging businesses $500 to $2,000 per project to solve problems they didn't even know they had. See, everyone's talking about AI

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