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by marcus_holmes 445 days ago
Yeah, the overblown hype is a feature of the hype cycle. The same was true for the web - it was going to replace retail, change the way we work and live, etc. And yes, all of that has happened, but it took 30 years and COVID to make it happen.

LLMs might lead to AGI. Eventually.

Meanwhile every company that is spruiking that, and betting their business that that's going to happen before they run out of VC funding, is going to fail.