The AI Innovation Loop-de-Loop
One man's opinion on how AI breakthroughs progress from invention to commoditization
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1. Invention
The breakthrough moment
Engineers crack a new method or breakthrough technology that changes what's possible.
2. Self-Use
Internal Validation
Engineers build internal tools, achieving massive performance improvements for their own work.
3. Adaptation
Learning to leverage
Teams retrain behaviors and workflows to fully leverage new capabilities, optimizing processes and maximizing impact.
4. Productization
Market expansion
Product teams identify vertical use cases and build solutions for broader markets, optimizing for social media viewing.
5. Commoditization
Market saturation
Thousands of competitors emerge as core innovations become non-defensible.
6. Cycle Reset
Innovation continues
New breakthroughs emerge, starting the innovation cycle over again.