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It is a common and uninformed HN fallacy to equate AI and Blockchain. While Blockchain only has hype, AI has hype and real applications. While there are enough
by rg111 4y ago
It is a common and uninformed HN fallacy to equate AI and Blockchain.
While Blockchain only has hype, AI has hype and real applications. While there are enough bottom-feeder AI bros on Twitter and Discord, AI does have real applications and it solves real problems and makes people real money.
You need to shift your focus from the AGI and LLM hype to real application areas.
I have shipped end-user facing real world AI product myself. It saved each client (non tech companies) 2-3mn USD per year, and made our company money.
I can say with authority that if you think AI and blockchain are the same, you are plain WRONG.
- Nullabillity 4y agoAnd yet, all you focus on is how much money you made off of it, not what those applications actually were.
- rg111 4y agoNo, you are wrong. That's why I wrote non-tech companies in parenthesis. For a tech company, you can sell codegen software where the customers solely determine value. You can sell another tech company Blockchain Snake Oil and make money off of it. My work was not such a case. End users, consumers saw real value which made their lives better in a small way, and help save our coustomer, a business- save millions of dollars. I really care about my work, and rejected many offers where I could have made more money working on snake oil recipe.
- wpietri 4y agoYou will note that I talked about ChatGPT, not AI. So this: > I can say with authority that if you think AI and blockchain are the same, you are plain WRONG. Is attacking a straw man that you built all by yourself.