@jason_chen998: Speaking of companies that got killed by AI, we have to mention Zuoyebang and Yuanfudao. Remember a few years ago when these two companies flooded the market with ads for their "black tech" of taking photos to search homework? For homework you couldn't solve, just snap a photo and upload it to the app, and you'd get the answer quickly. With the development of AI, these two companies have been swept away by the tide of the times, but you might be curious...
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A look back at how Zuoyebang and Yuanfudao initially built their question bank moat through human-powered answering, and how AI development impacted them.
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