HN 提问:在 SaaS AI 乱象时代,市场平台是否存在更强的护城河?
1 分•作者: fedupofslop•大约 1 个月前
我的基本意思是:如今软件的生产成本很低,但定制起来却不一定容易。
似乎每个人都在关注分销和资本作为护城河。我们有各种各样的“氛围编码”平台,以及大量接近完成但尚未完全成熟的应用程序。然后,每个人都在试图抓住最后10%的价值并从中获利。
到目前为止,获胜者主要是代理机构,对吧?或者是一些挨家挨户推销定制解决方案的黑客。但让他们头疼的是客户获取、增长黑客之类的花招。我认为那些承诺“一站式智能营销总监”之类的初创公司就是这种现象的体现,而且我个人对它们的实用性尚未完全信服,尽管我非常尊重那些销售“铲子”的创业者。
我不知道是否有人看到了 Outbid.lol,这个在 X(推特)上病毒式传播的付费排名排行榜,它立即催生了一大批模仿者。这让我不禁思考:在软件泛滥的时代,市场是否会比纯软件本身更具防御性?
因为如果代码充裕,那么护城河确实已经转移到了分销端。但也许另一条护城河是让软件变得真正、真正、真正优秀。
如果“粗制滥造”的产品已经完成了90%,那么我们应该努力检测出这些“粗制滥造”的部分,并建立机制让人类介入,捕获那最后的10%的价值。这最终可以帮助经济增长,并且在全球范围内都可能奏效。
所以,我想我的第一个问题是:这个论点有道理吗?我乐于接受批评。
我的第二个问题是:我们能否利用人工智能来预先检测“粗制滥造”的部分,然后将其交给人类来修复?
我已经开始着手这方面的工作了(讽刺的是,现在有点“粗制滥造”,因为它只是一个解释我的论点和问题的更详细的登陆页面),欢迎访问 https://www.dontshipslop.com,我很想听听大家对“软件泛滥时代市场护城河”这个问题的不同看法。
附注:如果任何加密货币领域的朋友愿意教我更多关于市场的信息,我很乐意与你们交流。我认为,引发我提出这个问题的乌托邦式愿景是,通过市场和托管模式来普及软件开发机构的前景诱人。尽管我发现加密货币中一些掠夺性的部分令人讨厌,但从理论上讲,这对于社区或 DAO 来运营是一个很好的用例。
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