[weevil]

The interesting difference here is the emotions involved in the marketing and public perception; crypto was largely about hope, NFTs were greed and a quick buck, AI seems to be a mix of embracing the future and fear of the future.

Almost all the software engineers I know are sceptical of this wave of AI at best, or openly dismissive at worst.

The people I know buying into the hope and/or fear are people with no actual hands on experience, or no technical knowledge beyond the 10,000ft view their engineers describe to them.

Generalising, of course, but this has been my observation as the dust settled from the AI boom late last year.

[nuc1e0n]

Same as the dot com boom from my perspective. There is real value to be had, but when everyone gets on the bandwagon the real value is obscured by wild speculation.

I reckon find some boring undervalued AI startup with a reliable revenue stream from the outset then sit on it for a couple of decades.

[weevil]

These are the guys making the actual money. A few mil in VC is fun but will only get you so far; finding a boring, useful niche to sit in and supply a market long-term is so underrated these days.