The most relevant comment in this entire page. It is for the same reason that many people defended crypto-stuff here in HN for a long time: the hope that one ca

The most relevant comment in this entire page. It is for the same reason that many people defended crypto-stuff here in HN for a long time: the hope that one can generate money from nothing. The holy grail of software development is the idea that one may sit down on a computer for a certain amount of hours/days and come out at the other end a millionaire. Crypto gave many people that impression; you simply build some kind of meaningless distributed crypto-driven app and money will start pouring in. Now it’s AI: learn how to develop with LLMs, build some kind of buzzword-filled low-hanging fruit and all of a sudden you can sell your startup for a billion dollars. If you point out to people that that’s bs, they think you’re trying to crush their dreams, that you’re the reason why it’s not working that well. “If only people would understand the crypto/AI revolution…”