2026-01-08 16:21:20

After reviewing the AI track projects, I always feel that the number of products that can truly run a viable business model is painfully few. Some rely on technical showmanship to attract followers, while others simply can't find users. And what’s the result? Everyone is rushing into training and courses—this is the real cash cow. Selling a course for 5,000 yuan, with hundreds of students, can generate millions in revenue, which is much faster than developing a truly usable product. It’s not that courses themselves are bad; rather, this phenomenon signals that either AI products are difficult to monetize or entrepreneurs are better at packaging and selling. Is it that the technology isn’t up to par, or that the business model hasn’t been figured out? This is a question worth pondering.

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HorizonHunter

· 01-11 08:17

Selling courses is indeed much easier than making products; after all, there’s no shortage of naive investors. --- Basically, the business of scamming naive investors is faster than doing real work. --- These days, who still genuinely wants to make products? Isn’t it more tempting to just start a course and make a quick buck? --- AI products are really hard to monetize, but I think it’s mostly because people are too lazy to refine them. --- A course costing 5,000 yuan, with hundreds of students, can generate a million in revenue—this math is undeniably very attractive. --- It’s normal if you can’t develop a product, but treating courses as cash cows is a bit over the line. --- I believe technical skills are essential, but are they really all that perfunctory? There must be exceptions. --- Nowadays, entrepreneurs are getting better at storytelling, while products have become secondary. --- It feels like the entire AI track has turned into a business of selling anxiety and hope. --- Stop talking, I also want to start a course—one month’s income could top two years of working a regular job.

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GovernancePretender

· 01-10 13:56

Basically, selling courses now is more profitable than making products. Who still wants to spend time refining? --- AI products are hard to break through, but instead, people are teaching others how to make quick money with AI. Irony. --- Really, after seeing so many projects that sound incredible but can't find users, everyone is starting to believe in the "teach others to make money" approach. --- Packaging skills > technical skills. That’s probably the truth at this stage. --- A course costing 5,000 yuan, with hundreds of students, can generate a million in revenue... Turns out, the fastest way to make money is by teaching others how to do it. --- In my opinion, this is the big wave of淘沙. The ones left standing are not the strongest products, but the best salespeople. --- Products can't compete with courses; the AI track is a bit suffocating... --- If you haven't figured out a business model, just sell courses and offer support. After all, harvesting users is a hundred times more efficient than making products. --- The core issue is that there are few truly implementable AI applications, so selling hope becomes the main business. --- Looking at this wave of AI entrepreneurship, the most profitable thing isn't AI itself, but everything related to AI.

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MidnightTrader

· 01-08 16:51

It's so heartbreaking, selling courses is the most profitable business. --- Another AI course seller? Wake up, brothers. --- That's why I never buy these courses, it's all just a scam to harvest the leeks. --- They've really fallen to relying on training classes to survive. What about technology? It's all hype. --- A course costs 5,000, with hundreds of students, and they make millions... I can't even calculate this, can you teach me? --- The problem is clear, but the answer has been obvious all along: it's about making quick money. --- I've seen through it. If you can't create AI products, just switch to being a content creator. That's the universal solution for Web3 people. --- Got it, so investing in AI course instructors is more stable than investing in AI products? --- Selling shovels earns more than digging for gold. Old trick.

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LiquidatedTwice

· 01-08 16:51

It's really more profitable to sell courses; refining products is just self-torture. --- Cracking the case, these people don't really want to make products; they just want to harvest the leeks. --- I'm just puzzled—are there really so many people willing to spend five thousand yuan to learn AI? --- Basically, it's difficult to monetize, so they just lie flat and sell courses. --- The technology isn't the problem; the issue is that no one is willing to pay for your product. --- A typical quick monetization logic—who still wants to carefully refine their product? --- This kind of atmosphere has long needed regulation; it's all leek fields. --- It's just that making products is too difficult; selling courses is really a shortcut. --- The course market is growing so wildly; sooner or later, something will go wrong.

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GateUser-7b078580

· 01-08 16:46

Data shows that this pattern of harvesting profits every hour is accelerating. Although courses are a thing... the truly usable products have long been established, so who still cares about lectures?

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RektButStillHere

· 01-08 16:40

There's nothing wrong with that. Right now, selling courses makes money faster than creating products, which clearly explains the issue.

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