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AI nowaday is like Bluetooth 20 years ago: they put it everywhere where it's almost never useful (feddit.it)
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[–] kinsnik@lemmy.world 38 points 7 months ago (14 children)

Or like the blockchain 5 years ago

Or like VR 10 years ago

Or like 3D 15 years ago

It is the hot new thing that you have to use for the VCs to fund your company and for investors to buy your stocks, regardless of the actual utility. AI does seem to have at least more possibilities of usage than those technologies, but it also have an incredibly higher possibility of misuse that is being completely ignored by these companies

[–] radiohead37@lemmy.world 13 points 7 months ago (2 children)

It was always clear that VR, 3D, blockchain were fads. But AI is already useful as is. The hype may not be as high in the future but AI is here to stay.

[–] slimarev92@lemmy.world 27 points 7 months ago (2 children)

VR is also around, it's possibly the most popular it's ever been. It's still a small niche compared to its initial promise.

[–] vodkasolution@feddit.it 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Linux on desktop is more popular than VR...

[–] bitwaba@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

But that's just because ~~2001~~ ~~2002~~ ~~2003~~ ~~2004~~ ~~2005~~ ~~2006~~ ~~2007~~ ~~2008~~ ~~2009~~ ~~2010~~ ~~2011~~ ~~2012~~ ~~2013~~ ~~2014~~ ~~2015~~ ~~2016~~ ~~2017~~ ~~2018~~ ~~2019~~ ~~2020~~ ~~2021~~ ~~2022~~ ~~2023~~ 2024 is the year of the Linux desktop!

[–] rasakaf679@lemmy.ml 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

By the news I'm seeing about windows and its new features that is bloated and restricting its users. That day is not long before its the year of linux desktop.

[–] bitwaba@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

the news I'm seeing about windows and its new features that is bloated and restricting its users.

You sound like every Linux user for the last 30 years.

... I use Arch btw

[–] oce@jlai.lu 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Almost all my colleagues are using genAI every day, I don't know anyone using VR regularly.

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 16 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I strongly disagree. 3D, VR and blockchain have limited use. They were just extremely overhyped. It's the exact same now with AI. It has uses, yes, but you don't need it in your toothbrush.

[–] 4am@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago

But how will we provide an enhanced, metaverse 3D AR blockchain-backed cavity reduction without an LLM?

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