I'm no expert, but to me it feels like if it weren't for all the hype which promised they'd be the second coming, they could have had their genuine use cases. I

I'm no expert, but to me it feels like if it weren't for all the hype which promised they'd be the second coming, they could have had their genuine use cases. In many cases they'd be small and you probably wouldnt have even noticed they were in use, and maybe a few larger issues could've been solved as well. But right now, we're at a point where a use case seemingly isn't required for there to be hype around it. Maybe all these things will fade into obscurity and come back one day and "fulfill their true purpose". If all goes well, barely any of us will care about the underlying technology of the problems they solve.