IlandartoTechnology@lemmy.worldEnglish·2 months agoGenerative AI hype is ending – and now the technology might actually become useful(theconversation.com)external-linkarrow-up1397arrow-down136message-square106fedilink
arrow-up1361arrow-down1external-linkGenerative AI hype is ending – and now the technology might actually become useful(theconversation.com)IlandartoTechnology@lemmy.worldEnglish·2 months agomessage-square106fedilink
minus-squareCosmoNovaEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down0·2 months agolinkfedilinkAnd it isn’t even true in many cases. For example the internet with the dotcom bubble. It actually became much bigger and important than anyone anticipated in the 90s.
minus-squarePloppEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down0·2 months agolinkfedilinkThe graph for VR would also be quite interesting, given how many hype cycles it has had over the decades.
minus-squareAceticonEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down0·2 months agolinkfedilinkIt’s also false in the other direction: NFTs never got a “Plateau of Productivity”. A lot of tech hype are just convoluted scams or ponzi schemes.
And it isn’t even true in many cases. For example the internet with the dotcom bubble. It actually became much bigger and important than anyone anticipated in the 90s.
The graph for VR would also be quite interesting, given how many hype cycles it has had over the decades.
It’s also false in the other direction: NFTs never got a “Plateau of Productivity”.
A lot of tech hype are just convoluted scams or ponzi schemes.