Free Massive Yacht

It's Friday, so in the spirit of a lightened weekend, here's what it (sometimes) feels like to be in business offering AI:

That Mitchell and Webb Look - Massive Yacht (s04e05) - YouTube

The three owners of MassiveYachts.com want to celebrate their website's success by offering a free massive yacht to their one millionth visitor. You can guess where this is going. The lucky millionth visitor dismisses the pop-up.

It's a case of an overly sensitive BS detector. In the sketch's scenario, the visitor rationalizes that the likelihood of a genuine "you're the millionth visitor" contest is so astronomically low that it's not even worth the minor effort of verifying the offer.

After being oversold and underwhelmed, business owners are rightfully wary of anyone promising massive efficiency gains from AI. But just as in sketch, I wonder how many real yachts get dismissed as pop-ups these days.