Richard Meredith @rtm223.me · Mar 18

OK, I just found McKinsey is also predicting $4-5 trillion for GenAI, so maybe they just made up one number once and keep on working back from that?

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@lindabrooke6.bsky.social · Mar 19

Why would a client trust a company that puts out stuff like that?

P.G. Chodehouse · Mar 19

and yet they continue, their reports are taken seriously because it's mckinsey, and mckinsey are taken seriously because they keep telling clients what they want to hear

Andy Touch · Mar 18

I'm sure that number can be traced back through the NFT, blockchain, VR hype-pipelines too. 😅

Danger, Bees! · Mar 19

Its gotta be small enough to be believable but big enough to get the investment set hard

@janossitar.bsky.social · Mar 19

Underpants gnome economics

Antifa Logistics Boss · Mar 19

Well surely they're correct about AI, right?

Steven Toth · Mar 18

You know there's some group of VCs that are just saying they won't invest in any idea unless it can generate $5T in returns for them and that's just what they're targeting. It's just a number. :D