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.