How Chinese AI Firms Tried to Clone U.S. AI Models37m ago IDScan is offering free credit monitoring and ID protection after leaking driver's licenses40m ago Google brings Gemini for desktop app to Windows50m ago How to watch the Flame Fatales 2026 speedrunning marathon55m ago Amazon makes its agentic AI platform Quick generally available for desktop on Windows and macOS1h ago Ant International, Visa, Mastercard Align on AI Agent Verification Rules1h ago Panic builds over bankrupt Spirit’s looming data sale to Google1h ago Wall Street already loves ChatGPT. Now OpenAI is doubling down.2h ago (Re)introducing Developer Story1h ago BNP says AI borrowing will end the credit bull market, and it is lending to AI too1h ago Anthropic reveals rogue AI agents hate CAPTCHAs, just like you1h ago Cognition Adds Dioxus Team to Advance Devin Coding Agent1h ago Peter Thiel-Backed AI Startup Cognition Raises Funds at $48 Billion Valuation1h ago Anthropic Details Disrupted Claude Misuse Across Seven Harm Areas2h ago

How Chinese AI Firms Tried to Clone U.S. AI Models37m ago IDScan is offering free credit monitoring and ID protection after leaking driver's licenses40m ago Google brings Gemini for desktop app to Windows50m ago How to watch the Flame Fatales 2026 speedrunning marathon55m ago Amazon makes its agentic AI platform Quick generally available for desktop on Windows and macOS1h ago Ant International, Visa, Mastercard Align on AI Agent Verification Rules1h ago Panic builds over bankrupt Spirit’s looming data sale to Google1h ago Wall Street already loves ChatGPT. Now OpenAI is doubling down.2h ago (Re)introducing Developer Story1h ago BNP says AI borrowing will end the credit bull market, and it is lending to AI too1h ago Anthropic reveals rogue AI agents hate CAPTCHAs, just like you1h ago Cognition Adds Dioxus Team to Advance Devin Coding Agent1h ago Peter Thiel-Backed AI Startup Cognition Raises Funds at $48 Billion Valuation1h ago Anthropic Details Disrupted Claude Misuse Across Seven Harm Areas2h ago

Society & Culture AI Research3 min reading time

The 1990s Web vs. today's AI

Hacker NewsPublished 7 days ago

The author compares AI's current impact to the 1990s Web, rating AI's disruption lower due to its centralized nature and limited user contribution. Unlike the participatory Web, AI advances mainly in labs, lacking the network effects that fueled the Internet's growth.

#david-reed #network-effects #robert-metcalfe #wikipedia

More in Society & Culture

Society & Culture4 min read

An Anthropic researcher just quit, saying OpenAI and Anthropic are 'gambling with our lives'

Covered by 12 sources1d ago

Society & Culture3 min read

Worried Anthropic researchers warn that AI ‘could kill all humans’

Covered by 8 sources1d ago

Society & Culture3 min read

The latest Avatar: Seven Havens trailer gives us a deeper dive into the characters and story

Engadget2h ago