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I’m tired of farming - Someone in 5000 BC I’m tired of electricity - Someone in 1905 I’m tired of consumer apps - Someone in 2020 The revolution will happen

I’m tired of farming - Someone in 5000 BC I’m tired of electricity - Someone in 1905 I’m tired of consumer apps - Someone in 2020 The revolution will happen regardless. If you participate you can shape it in the direction you believe in. AI is the most innovative thing to happen in software in a long time. And personally AI is FUN. It sparks joy to code using AI. I don’t need anyone else’s opinion I’m having a blast. It’s a bit like rails for me in that sense. This is HACKER news. We do things because it’s fun. I can tackle problems outside of my comfort zone and make it happen. If all you want to do is ship more 2020s era B2B SaaS till kingdom come no one is stopping you :P

StefanWestfal 2y ago
At no point does the author suggest that AI is not going to happen or that it is not useful. He expresses frustration with marketing, false promises, pitching of superficial solutions for deep problems, and the usage of AI to replace meaningful human interactions. In short, the text is not about the technology itself.
- thewarrior 2y ago
  That’s always the case with any new technology. Tech isn’t going to make everyone happy or achieve world peace.
  - lewhoo 2y ago
    And yet this is precisely what people like Altman say about their product. That's pretty tiring.
LunaSea 2y ago
> The revolution will happen regardless. If you participate you can shape it in the direction you believe in This is incredibly naïve. You don't have a choice.
vouaobrasil 2y ago
"I'm tired of the atomic bomb" - Someone in 1945. Oh wait, news flash, not all technological developments are good ones, and we should actually evaluate each one individually. AI is shit, and some people having fun with it does not balance against it's unusually efficacy in turning everything into shit. Choosing to do something because it's fun without regard to the greater consequences is the sort of irresponsibility that has gotten human society into such a mess in the first place.
- thewarrior 2y ago
  Atomic energy has both good and bad uses. People being tired of atomic energy has held back GDP growth and is literally deindustrialising Germany.
rsynnott 2y ago
I'm tired of 3d TV - Someone in 2013 (3D TV, after a big push by the industry in 2010, peaked in 2013, going into a rapid decline with the last hardware being produced in 2016). Sometimes, the hyped thing doesn't catch on, even when the industry really, really wants it to.
- thewarrior 2y ago
  AI isn’t 3D TV
  - rsynnott 2y ago
    Ah, but, at least for generative AI, that kind of remains to be seen, surely? For every hyped thing that actually is The Future (TM), there are about ten hyped things which turn out to be Not The Future due to practical issues, cost, pointlessness once the novelty wears off, overpromising, etc. At this point, LLMs feel like they're heading more in that direction.
    - thewarrior 2y ago
      I use generative AI every day.
      - orthecreedence 2y ago
        And 5 years ago, people used blockchain to operate a toaster. It remains to be seen the applications that are optimal for LLMs and the ones where it's being shoehorned into every conceivable place because "AI."
- falcor84 2y ago
  That's an interesting example. I would argue that 3D TV as a "solution" didn't work, but 3D as a "problem" is still going strong, and with new approaches coming out all the time (most recently Meta's announcement of the Orion AR glasses), we'll gradually see extensive adoption of 3D experiences, which I expect will eventually loop back to some version of 3D films. EDIT: To clarify my analogy, GenAI is definitely a "problem" rather than a particular solution, and as such I expect it to have longevity.

StefanWestfal 2y ago

At no point does the author suggest that AI is not going to happen or that it is not useful. He expresses frustration with marketing, false promises, pitching of superficial solutions for deep problems, and the usage of AI to replace meaningful human interactions. In short, the text is not about the technology itself.

thewarrior 2y ago
That’s always the case with any new technology. Tech isn’t going to make everyone happy or achieve world peace.
- lewhoo 2y ago
  And yet this is precisely what people like Altman say about their product. That's pretty tiring.

LunaSea 2y ago

> The revolution will happen regardless. If you participate you can shape it in the direction you believe in This is incredibly naïve. You don't have a choice.

vouaobrasil 2y ago

"I'm tired of the atomic bomb" - Someone in 1945. Oh wait, news flash, not all technological developments are good ones, and we should actually evaluate each one individually. AI is shit, and some people having fun with it does not balance against it's unusually efficacy in turning everything into shit. Choosing to do something because it's fun without regard to the greater consequences is the sort of irresponsibility that has gotten human society into such a mess in the first place.

thewarrior 2y ago
Atomic energy has both good and bad uses. People being tired of atomic energy has held back GDP growth and is literally deindustrialising Germany.

rsynnott 2y ago

I'm tired of 3d TV - Someone in 2013 (3D TV, after a big push by the industry in 2010, peaked in 2013, going into a rapid decline with the last hardware being produced in 2016). Sometimes, the hyped thing doesn't catch on, even when the industry really, really wants it to.

thewarrior 2y ago
AI isn’t 3D TV
- rsynnott 2y ago
  Ah, but, at least for generative AI, that kind of remains to be seen, surely? For every hyped thing that actually is The Future (TM), there are about ten hyped things which turn out to be Not The Future due to practical issues, cost, pointlessness once the novelty wears off, overpromising, etc. At this point, LLMs feel like they're heading more in that direction.
  - thewarrior 2y ago
    I use generative AI every day.
    - orthecreedence 2y ago
      And 5 years ago, people used blockchain to operate a toaster. It remains to be seen the applications that are optimal for LLMs and the ones where it's being shoehorned into every conceivable place because "AI."
falcor84 2y ago
That's an interesting example. I would argue that 3D TV as a "solution" didn't work, but 3D as a "problem" is still going strong, and with new approaches coming out all the time (most recently Meta's announcement of the Orion AR glasses), we'll gradually see extensive adoption of 3D experiences, which I expect will eventually loop back to some version of 3D films. EDIT: To clarify my analogy, GenAI is definitely a "problem" rather than a particular solution, and as such I expect it to have longevity.