[uludag]

I'm sure there's many people out there who could say that they hardly use AI but that crypto has made them lots of money.

At the end of the day searching work documents and talking with computers is only desirable inasmuch as they are economically profitable. Crypto at the end of the day is responsible for a lot of people getting wealthy. Was a lot of this wealth obtained on sketchy grounds? probably, but the same could be said AI (for example, the recent sale of windsurf for an obscene amount of money).

[Flamentono2]

Crypto is not making people rich, it is about moving money from Person A to Person B.

And sure everyone who got the money from others by gambling are biased. Fine with me.

But in comparision to crypto, people around me actually use AI/ML (most of them).

[nodar86]

Every activity that is making people rich is by definiton moving money from Person A to Person B.

[Flamentono2]

Lets be nitpicky :)

I said move money from A to B, which implies that nothing else is happening. Otherwise it would be an exchange.

Sooo i would say my wording was right?! :)

[holoduke]

Crypto is not creating anything. Its a scheme that is based on gamble. Person A gets rich. Person B loses money. It does not really contribute to anything.

[littlestymaar]

> is only desirable inasmuch as they are economically profitable.

The bug difference is that they are profitable because they create value, when cryptocurrencies are a zero sum game between participants. (It is in fact a negative-sum game, since some people are getting paid to make the thing work so that others can gamble on the system).