AI delivers 'zero financial payoff' to most companies, Apollo economist says
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AI delivers 'zero financial payoff' to most companies, Apollo economist says was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Nov 1, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 15 checks on 2 different days. Its best position was #6 of 30, reached on Nov 2, 02:37 UTC. It dropped off the list after Nov 2, 02:52 UTC.
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Big discussion last week (653 points, 698 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50224463
Can’t help that many people who are good at leveraging AI to build things sit around one upping each other on twitter all day instead of going out there and building cool stuff for less technical people.
That’s consistent with the Harvard study as well as the reports from health insurers. Maybe some individuals are striking gold, but this is primarily profiting the people selling picks and shovels to the miners.
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Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Nov 2, 02:52 UTC, after 2 days of trending.
What is the highest rank AI delivers 'zero financial payoff' to most companies, Apollo economist says reached?
#6 on Hacker News · Front page, on Nov 2, 02:37 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 15 minutes.
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It was first seen on Nov 1, 2026 and has been on the list on 2 days (15 checks) since.
How much discussion did it get on Hacker News?
17 points and 4 comments; submitted by throwoutway on Nov 1, 2026.