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by SunlitCat 849 days ago
It's like the previous craze with blockchain. Everyone and their dog was about to use blockchain to do the most awesome thing ever. And even things that didn't really lend themselves to blockchain were suddenly presented as prime examples of how to use blockchain.

I'm not saying both technologies don't have their uses, but the hype around them is crazy and not healthy.

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AI has massively increased my productivity. There are real users like me who will continue to pay up. This is not the same.
Like with blockchain, there are real uses, of course i totally agree!

But I was more thinking about the craze surrounding the whole thing, like with blockchain, you can see everyone trying to sell you AI for kinda everything.

Yeah, but how many people like you are out there? We'll find out in about 5 years.
Yep, there are similarities between the blockchain rush and the AI rush.

But in my last piece on AI, I said that AI is 50X Blockchain!

That answer inspired me to ask ChatGPT on how blockchain could enhance AI. And, to say the least, I wasn't disappointed!

It printed out a pretty long answer with several good points on how it could help to enhance AI.

There we have it! Blockchain is about to solve all problems we have today with AI! :D

"Blockchain solves this..."