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I'm seeing a ton of niche apps being built that otherwise wouldn't have been. As an example, NegPy is an app that gives you much more precise control when working with film negatives, and has been built largely w/ AI tools. There are a small couple of other photography related niche apps I've seen taking off, for example, for managing your Fuji recipes. I'm working on a Lightroom replacement myself, which I never would've taken on before AI tools.

In terms of personal life, I certainly find AI tools pretty useful especially given how awful Google is now, and coding tools are indispensable at work.

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You’re all confirming the point by quoting niche examples of things that wouldn’t sustain a million dollar a year market, let alone contribute to a 6 trillion dollar one.

I was not agreeing or disagreeing with that point, I was answering the question that was asked.

I think if there's a $6T market, it will come via integrations with the products and workflows of large companies, which is obviously also happening. Apparently the tech sector as a whole is worth $5 to $10T, so it's actually not inconceivable there's $6T worth of value there (especially since the value will not be constrained to the tech sector).


High-value software has already been written.

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In the title.

The title. Are you an AI?

Looks like the account has been banned. I think it is very likely it was an AI.

It's the title of the article you're commenting on:

> AI needs $6tn in annual revenue to justify data centre boom, Bain says


The best example you can think of is just recreating existing software but without the stability or features...

Which is the point of the post. Niche apps and use cases aren't with 6 trillion annually.




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