[aaronharnly]

To keep torturing the metaphor, LLMs might be more like those electric unicycles (Onewheel, Inmotion, etc) – quite speedy, can get you places, less exercise, and also sometimes suddenly choke and send you flying facefirst into gravel.

And some people see you whizzing by and think "oh cool", and others see you whizzing by and think "what a tool."

[whattheheckheck]

More like the Segway... really cool at first then not really then totally overpriced and failed to revolutionize the industry. And it killed the founder

[MattGrommes]

Just a small correction, the founder of Segway is Dean Kamen who is still alive. It was the then-owner of the company who died.

[esafak]

It would have been cooler if this comment was by the founder :)

[MattGrommes]

Oh boy do I wish I was nearly as cool as Dean Kamen. :)

[bryanrasmussen]

thanks saved me googling if Kamen was still alive!

[cogman10]

Is there a modern segway? I mean, I find ebikes are probably a better option in general, but it seems like all the pieces to recreate the segway for a much lower price are there already.

Looks like the closest thing is the self balancing stuff that segway makes. Otherwise it's just the scooters.

[boringg]

e-skateboards?

[DANmode]

Also: you can ride 8 of them, slowly, asynchronously.

[superjan]

Maybe more like a fatbike for the mind: pretending to cycle with zero effort and exercise.