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To me, hype means great hopes of revolutionizing, or at least materially changing the rules of the game. As opposed to a marginal improvement. We're debating h
by rich_sasha 3y ago
To me, hype means great hopes of revolutionizing, or at least materially changing the rules of the game. As opposed to a marginal improvement.
We're debating how AI will sweep away whole professions, put people out of jobs and increase inequality. It's totally possible. But I wonder how other things fared in the past, where we thought they will definitely change the world. In other words, is such "hype" a meaningful signal.
You can call it something else, essentially it comes down to great expectation of revolutionary impact.
- 0xEF 3y agoI guess I have trouble seeing it from a profit perspective. I understand where you are coming from for sure, and rather like your position to be honest, but I am, perhaps, too jaded to accept it. I'm not sure we're in the era of great thinkers doing great things for humanity anymore, which makes any hype feel like a salesman making a pitch. Admittedly, it is depressing.