Essay Argues Many Products and Services Are Now Marketed as AI Scams

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A blog post by David Ralph Lewis, shared on Hacker News, contends that a growing number of offerings are being presented as artificial intelligence when the claims may be exaggerated or misleading. The piece appears to focus on the trend of rebranding ordinary software and services under AI labels. The provided material includes only the link and basic metadata, with four points and no comments at the time of capture. Because the full article text was not available, the specific examples and arguments the author makes cannot be detailed here.

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