[nicoburns]

I think the hype around AI is more like the dotcom boom. Like the internet (and mostly unlike cryptocurrency), AI is a genuinely useful technology and likely to be transformative over the long term. On the other hand, (and also like the internet) it's currently being peddled as the answer to absolutely everything, much of which is pretty ridiculous.

[prottog]

The number of ads on YouTube that peddle an "AI-powered X" is a clear tell. Just last night, I saw an ad for an "AI golf swing aid"!

[ravenstine]

Probably a shoddy product in reality, but that concept sounds awesome in principle.

Imagine an AI that's an LLM, TTS engine, computer vision, a specialized neural net, and various sensors tied together that can help teach you a motor skill any time and anywhere. Even better if it could somehow provide haptic feedback. I think there's something to this, but perhaps it will truly develop out of novel therapies rather than some dudebro startup.

[ravenstine]

That's a good point. And a bit of a chilling revelation given how the words "recession" and "this year" keep getting thrown around. Hopefully the gap between the boom of AI and the bubble popping is at least as long as the one between the boom of the Web and the Dotcom bubble.

[mercutio2]

I love this analogy.

Tiny nitpick: technology being pedaled makes me think of e-bikes. Which are awesome. But you probably meant peddled!