[onurcel]

argument by authority?

He also said pytorch was just a hype. It looks like he just doesn't like things he didn't do himself.

[garbagecoder]

Yes, argument by authority. Like it or not, this is actually a good way to learn things. Another thing informal fallacy citers always forget is that it's not a disproof of what is being said.

[Terretta]

Except the authority was wrong, and noted that a few hours later. See sibling comments.

"I wouldn't have made the AI/web3 comparison. ... The two are, in fact, very much not the same."

So if you learned it blindly you'd be wrong too.