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What will be the next fad once the VC dummies figure out that chat bots aren't very useful? (hexbear.net)
submitted 10 months ago by Parsani@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net
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Just over the last few years it went virtual reality, blockchain and crypto crap, and now chatbots.

What will the next fad be? I'd like to know so I can convince one of these VC ghouls that they should give me money for vaporware.

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[–] Coolkidbozzy@hexbear.net 35 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Contenders include tesla's humanoid robots, neural implants for the average consumer, using quantum computers for tasks they aren't meant for, and a flying car startup that accidentally sparks a dozen miniature 9/11s

[–] PKMKII@hexbear.net 33 points 10 months ago

Oh it’s quantum computing 100%. 9 times out of 10 it won’t even involve quantum computers it’ll be some rhetorical sleight of hand where they try to pass off some probability formulas as “quantum computing.”

[–] Parsani@hexbear.net 25 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Can wait to install a chip in my head only for the 10 person start-up who got $500m in funding to go bankrupt