The AI Revolution: Why This Isn’t Another Internet Moment

Let’s get one thing straight: AI isn’t the next internet—it’s the next industrial revolution. Here’s how to ride this wave without wiping out.

1. The Paradigm Shift: From Connection to Creation

  • Internet Era: Connected people and information (but didn’t boost productivity).
  • AI Era: Solves problems, invents drugs, and builds robots—directly transforms economies.
  • You’re either:
    • A content extractor (using AI to scrape/remix existing knowledge)
    • A value creator (using AI to generate breakthroughs)

Case Study:
Nami AI’s “Search-Learn-Write-Create” pipeline turns raw data into podcasts, dynamic websites, and presentations—multiplying output formats without extra labor.

2. AI’s Dirty Secret: It’s Still a “Kid”

  • Today’s AI: Brilliantly reorganizes existing knowledge but can’t generate true novelty.
    • Example: Ask about a fictional product “D,” and AI will hallucinate praises based on pattern-matching, not critical thinking.
  • The Fix:
    • Vertical specialization: AI shines in narrow, deep domains (e.g., medical diagnostics, legal contract review).
    • Tool orchestration: Combine AI with external tools (browsers, calculators, sensors) to overcome limitations.

Nami’s Breakthrough:
Agents that autonomously:

  1. Scrape Bilibili’s top 10 videos
  2. Extract transcripts → polish into blog drafts
  3. Convert text to podcasts with custom voices
    Result: From raw query to polished content in minutes.

3. The IQ Arbitrage Opportunity

  • AI’s IQ: ~130 (and climbing); Average human IQ: ~100-110
  • Lazy users: Let AI erode their skills (e.g., students losing problem-solving muscles).
  • Smart users: Fuse their IQ with AI’s (e.g., IQ 80 human + IQ 150 AI = 130+ combined output).

Your Move:

  • Use AI daily (it’s “anti-instinct”—unlike addictive TikTok).
  • Treat AI as a debate partner, not an answer key.

4. The Next Frontier: Emotional AI

  • The Data: Users spend 6+ hours chatting with “digital companions” (e.g., MiniMax’s agents).
  • Why It Works: AI delivers unconditional support—no human can be endlessly available.
  • Opportunity:
    • Tools (e.g., search) solve problems but lack stickiness.
    • Emotional agents create addiction via tailored personalities (e.g., “infinite simp” mode).

Warning:
Nami avoids this space—we’re tool builders, not social architects. But someone will dominate it.

5. Hardware’s Comeback: Why Phones Want to Be AI Gateways

  • History repeats? Mobile OEMs killed 360’s app store/browser by bundling their own.
  • New twist: Phone makers now integrate AI agents to avoid being commoditized.
  • Your defense: Build what OEMs can’t—deep, vertical expertise (e.g., AI for biotech, not generic chatbots).

Your Startup Playbook

  1. Forget “1998 Internet” analogies. AI changes production, not just connection.
  2. Specialize ruthlessly. AI wins in niches (e.g., “AI for patent law” beats “general-purpose writer”).
  3. Orchestrate tools. AI alone is a hammer; AI + APIs is a construction company.
  4. Boost don’t replace humans. The goal: Humans as conductors of AI orchestras.

Final Truth:
AI won’t take your job—but someone using AI will. The question isn’t “Will AI win?” but “Will you be the one wielding it?”