RE: LeoThread 2025-09-24 14:20

[professorstrange]

Only about 5% of corporate AI actually generates profit

Meanwhile, authentic quotes from the late 1990s:

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[professorstrange]

The Internet Economy: So Much Promise, So Little Profit
The Internet is good at bringing people together, but not at making sales
The Internet tends to weaken industry profitability without providing proprietary operational advantages

[professorstrange]

Internet ventures… are marketing write-offs, not business units
Corporate intranets are expensive toys that make managers feel modern but rarely pay for themselves
The Web is a must-have for prestige, not profits

[professorstrange]

By 2005 or so, it will become clear that the Internet's impact on the economy has been no greater than the fax machine's