AI Sucks. That’s Why it’s a Goldmine.
Posted March 04, 2025
Chris Campbell
In the 1960s, computers were massive, expensive, and dumb.
If you were a researcher at UCLA and needed to use MIT’s computer, you had two options:
- Mail a stack of punch cards across the country and wait a week for the results.
- Fly to MIT and type your code directly into their machine.
Both options were terrible.
That was the problem ARPANET—the internet’s buzz-cut military grandfather—was built to solve.
Bob Taylor at the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) had an idea: What if computers just… talked to each other?
And just like that, baby internet was born.
Suddenly, scientists could log into remote computers instead of traveling. They could send files instantly instead of arriving weeks later by mail. A university without a supercomputer could borrow time on one across the country.
It was the first glimpse of the internet, the cloud, and a future where small office talk would be replaced by infinite email threads and “per my last message” warfare.
Now we’re at another turning point. But this time it’s AI that sucks.
YET…
As they say, one man’s “this sucks” is another man’s billion-dollar opportunity. (Or something like that.)
STACC the Odds in Your Favor
As we discussed yesterday, we’re in a Five-Alarm Fire of AI deficits. Storage. Talent. Amps. Compute. Cybersecurity.
Or, in short, STACC.
Each one represents a HUGE challenge for the AI sector.
Quick recap:
→ Storage: AI hoards data like a dragon sitting on a pile of hard drives.
→ Talent: AI engineers are like crypto whales—everyone knows they’re out there, but nobody can get them on the phone.
→ Amps: AI models suck down electricity like a frat house on a beer run.
→ Compute: GPUs are so scarce, the black market for them is starting to look more organized than most governments.
→ Cybersecurity: A handful of companies control the whole thing, and they all got hacked yesterday.
Just like ‘60s mainframes, AI is clunky, walled off, and steered by those with the biggest chips. And yet, they’re blasting a firehose into a tiny infrastructural Dixie cup.
Historically, when faced with bulging structures, elegant solutions have emerged not through incremental fixes…
But through fundamentally rethinking the architecture itself.
And this is where some of the biggest opportunities sit.
For months, we’ve been deep-diving into AI, biotech, quantum computing, crypto, and more—sifting through the noise, unearthing gems, and occasionally resurfacing for oxygen.
And in exactly one week, we’re cracking open the chest and letting it all spill out.
Tech’s Turning Point 2025
Next week, Team Altucher will convene in Austin, Texas.
This one-of-a-kind event will be streamed to you absolutely FREE of charge on Tuesday, March 11th at 2pm ET. And it’s all taking place online, so you can watch the panel in action from the comfort of your own home.
We’ll be talking about AI stocks, quantum computing, crypto, biotech, and a whole lot more.
We’ll also talk about the solutions to technology’s biggest challenges. And the companies working on radically changing the entire landscape.
See, not only is AI set to undergo a radical paradigm shift…
It’s about to make investors who get in early look like time travelers with cheat codes.
As an Altucher reader, you’re already on our list. Expect no fluff at no cost with no catch.
Just real, actionable, investable solutions.
We’re pulling out all the stops for you on this one, so put away your wallet and join us. You don’t even have to leave your house!
Details on how to access the livestream are coming soon. For now, mark this time off on your calendar and get ready!
Stay tuned.