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The funny thing about the current AI hype and people echoing it is, if these technologies were as remarkable and promising as you say than they a) don't need th
by namaria 2y ago
The funny thing about the current AI hype and people echoing it is, if these technologies were as remarkable and promising as you say than they a) don't need the hype; b) you'd realize that hyping them would harm your own self interest because the rational thing to do would be to leverage them quietly while you have an edge on non-believers.
Thus the rabid propaganda is great evidence that these technologies are not revolutionary.
- ninetyninenine 2y agomakes sense. So everything that was ever hyped failed by your logic. A good example is cars and planes. They were once hyped now they failed. No one flies planes or drives cars. Simple logic.
- namaria 2y agoWhat are you talking about? When were cars and planes hyped?
- ninetyninenine 2y agoOh, you’re right—cars and planes just quietly appeared one day, and people started using them with no excitement whatsoever. No headlines, no grand expositions, no public demonstrations. The Wright brothers must have been so relieved that no one hyped their invention, and Ford was probably grateful that the Model T just organically became a cultural and economic force with zero marketing or public enthusiasm. Good catch. History is full of revolutionary technologies that succeeded only because everyone kept them a total secret.
- namaria 2y agoDespite your snarky irony, it is clear to me that there is a difference between media attention and hype. Your comparison is ludicrous.
- ninetyninenine 2y agoOh, of course—no one in the past was hyped or excited about airplanes or cars. The Wright brothers took their first flight in complete obscurity, and Henry Ford quietly introduced the Model T with no fanfare whatsoever. No crowds gathered, no newspapers breathlessly covered these developments, and certainly, no one had strong opinions about how these technologies would reshape the world. Just pure, quiet progress. And as for hype—what else could possibly spread information besides media? In the past, it was newspapers, expositions, and public demonstrations that built excitement. Today, it’s social media amplifying discussions. But surely, widespread interest in a technology today must mean it’s all just empty propaganda, because, as history shows, real groundbreaking innovations only succeed when no one is paying attention. That’s why the iPhone was a total flop—Apple really should have just quietly released it in a few stores and hoped people figured it out instead of, you know, making a big deal about it.
- namaria 2y agoOk then go look at the financials and timeframe of Apple investing on the iPhone and the returns and than compare to those of the current wave of investment in "AI".
- ninetyninenine 2y agowhat does financials have to do with hype? You can have a lot of hype and no financials.