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Neural networks have existed for decades, and yet their utility has only become apparent after hardware got fast enough
by Almondsetat 2y ago
Neural networks have existed for decades, and yet their utility has only become apparent after hardware got fast enough
- atrus 2y agoWe've been using neural networks as classifiers for decades. They were useful immediately
- creata 2y agoSo what might be blocking applications of cryptocurrency the way computational limitations blocked (many) applications of neural networks?
- munksbeer 2y ago"You just don't understand bitcoin"
- taco_emoji 2y agoNeural networks were immediately useful, what are you talking about
- sanderjd 2y agoI think what we've been seeing with generative AI is much more of an argument against blockchains being a revolutionary technology than for it. This is what it looks like for a technology to go mainstream, relentless adoption that touches nearly everyone, and an innovation flywheel that keeps pushing the state of art forward every month. The past decade and a half of big promises and "is there actually anything to this?" debates on HN is just night and day in comparison. Your point might be that there just hasn't been another breakthrough on top of blockchains the way chatgpt was a breakthrough on top of neural networks. I think that's a reasonable point, but I still see a notable difference in that blockchains have been hyped as a product technology that has already arrived for nearly this whole time, rather than as an enabling technology still looking for its mainstream niche.
- beeflet 2y agoI don't think the comparison was ever relevant in the first place. The fundamental problem with blockchains is that the computational cost of doing anything increases with the number of users, and there are network effects involved in cryptocurrencies. None of the "layer solutions" like rollups and payment channels can change these fundamental rules. None of that applies to modern AI.
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