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No, it really isn't the same as crypto. Crypto really didn't solve so many problems in such an immediately visible way. AI has some immediate and fully practi

No, it really isn't the same as crypto. Crypto really didn't solve so many problems in such an immediately visible way. AI has some immediate and fully practical uses, it's completely different. Stable Diffusion with Control Net/Art AI's are game changers for art creation. AI artwork is already winning awards. Generative AI's are evolving so rapidly. ElevenLabs Voice AI is absolutely amazing, we are planning to use them over hiring any voice actors for internal presentations going forward. AI generated Seinfeld was watched by millions,and I thought it was pretty damn good. The flexibilities and immediate usefulness of neural net AI's is just astounding, and to think we are still in the beginning of the paradigm shift.

vannevar 4y ago
Agreed, the two are virtual opposites: no one is making money from AI (yet), but everyone is using it, while in crypto, a bunch of people were making money from it and no one was actually using it.
- Kalanos 4y ago
  Did you mean one is making money from "generative" AI yet? Let's not forget the decade of supervised AI success
  - vannevar 4y ago
    Correct, AI has obviously been making money for a long time. But it wasn't described as a bubble until recent developments fired up a rapid rise in startups/investment.
- rg111 4y ago
  We, in my last company saved our business customers US$2-3mn/year using AI products. And we made good money selling those products. Those weren't products sold from techies to techies (the way Blockchain made some people money) either. And those products were end-user facing- it solved problems for them, too. And I know a lot of people who are making money solving real problems for people outside of tech. Equating AI and blockchain is a common HN commentariat fallacy.
- lostlogin 4y ago
  Siemens are selling AI for large sums from their medical division. I use it all day every day to denoise then upscale medical images and it’s fantastic. https://www.siemens-healthineers.com/magnetic-resonance-imaging/technologies-and-innovations/deep-resolve https://www.siemens-healthineers.com/magnetic-resonance-imag...
  - mrguyorama 4y ago
    What guarantee do they make that their algorithm wont hallucinate away an important tumor or something?
    - lostlogin 4y ago
      The entirety of the acquired data is in the image you see. You can turn the processing off and look at the images without it if you are worried. You also don’t diagnose off one image. You use several in each plane, and more than one image weighting. The software is unaware of the other planes and images when processing. You don’t need long playing with it to be very confident that it’s utterly transformed MR imaging. An example: decent resolution cervical spine Sag T2 imaging used to take a few minutes (2 or 2:30?), it’s now 40 ish seconds. It’s made scans faster, and better looking.
ElijahLynn 4y ago
Agreed. AI has a TON of real-world use cases, right now. I just wrote a letter to an insurance company asking for a settlement for a car crash with the help of ChatGPT. My friend couldn't afford a lawyer or knew how much to ask for. ChatGPT suggested some amounts for minor whiplash and whipped out a letter (pun intended) to send off for negotiation. This is distributing equity to people who couldn't afford it otherwise.

vannevar 4y ago

Agreed, the two are virtual opposites: no one is making money from AI (yet), but everyone is using it, while in crypto, a bunch of people were making money from it and no one was actually using it.

Kalanos 4y ago
Did you mean one is making money from "generative" AI yet? Let's not forget the decade of supervised AI success
- vannevar 4y ago
  Correct, AI has obviously been making money for a long time. But it wasn't described as a bubble until recent developments fired up a rapid rise in startups/investment.
rg111 4y ago
We, in my last company saved our business customers US$2-3mn/year using AI products. And we made good money selling those products. Those weren't products sold from techies to techies (the way Blockchain made some people money) either. And those products were end-user facing- it solved problems for them, too. And I know a lot of people who are making money solving real problems for people outside of tech. Equating AI and blockchain is a common HN commentariat fallacy.
lostlogin 4y ago
Siemens are selling AI for large sums from their medical division. I use it all day every day to denoise then upscale medical images and it’s fantastic. https://www.siemens-healthineers.com/magnetic-resonance-imaging/technologies-and-innovations/deep-resolve https://www.siemens-healthineers.com/magnetic-resonance-imag...
- mrguyorama 4y ago
  What guarantee do they make that their algorithm wont hallucinate away an important tumor or something?
  - lostlogin 4y ago
    The entirety of the acquired data is in the image you see. You can turn the processing off and look at the images without it if you are worried. You also don’t diagnose off one image. You use several in each plane, and more than one image weighting. The software is unaware of the other planes and images when processing. You don’t need long playing with it to be very confident that it’s utterly transformed MR imaging. An example: decent resolution cervical spine Sag T2 imaging used to take a few minutes (2 or 2:30?), it’s now 40 ish seconds. It’s made scans faster, and better looking.

ElijahLynn 4y ago

Agreed. AI has a TON of real-world use cases, right now. I just wrote a letter to an insurance company asking for a settlement for a car crash with the help of ChatGPT. My friend couldn't afford a lawyer or knew how much to ask for. ChatGPT suggested some amounts for minor whiplash and whipped out a letter (pun intended) to send off for negotiation. This is distributing equity to people who couldn't afford it otherwise.