Mike Andes argues that companies built on outdated tech like fax and email are missing out, comparing today's AI skeptics to "fax machine artists of yesterday." A lawn-care company once dominated through phone-book listings. Success with old tools doesn't mean they're still the best path forward.
There's evidence there are big businesses that are still using old technology.
That last part, that last part is probably the statement.
I had, I had a much more different one. Something along the lines of AI boomers of today are the fax machine artists of yesterday. I had some other creative, more edgy take on it. Say that one again for me.
I didn't quite comprehend it.
There are still people today that will look at AI and be like, hey, I'm not using it. I don't need it. I have a big business. I'm still doing my things through fax, or I do it through email, the old-fashioned way. And because they have a $20 million business or a $50 million business, someone else will look at 'em like, oh, I need to do that in order to win. When reality, they were the first one to adopt, let's just call it AAA Lawn Care because it ranked well in the phone book. Yeah. And that was the, that was the modern AI of their day. And so just because now they've built a big business and have the fax machine does not mean you should use the fax machine to grow the business.
