I hear that a lot, but I think this is becoming very different than the crypto grift.
Crypto was just that, a pure grift where they were creating something out of nothing and rugpulling when the hype was highest.
AI is actually creating something, it's generating replacement for artists, for creatives, for musicians, for writers, for programmers. It's literally capable of generating something from _almost_ nothing. Of course, you have to factor in energy usage & etc, but the end user sees none of that. They type a request and it generates an output.
It may be easily identifable slop today, but it's getting better and better at a RAPID rate. We all need to recognize this.
I don't know what to do with the knowledge that it's coming for our jobs. Adapt or die? I don't know...
I don't disagree that there is value behind LLMs. But I was referring to the grifter style of AI evangelism (of which the strawberry man might be the epitome), who are derliberately pumping up and riding on the bubble. Probably they're profiting off of the generated social media engagement, or part of some social media influencing campaign indirectly paid by companies who do benefit from the bubble.
The common thread is that there's no nuanced discussion to be found, technical or otherwise. It's topics optimized for viral engagement.
I see what you're saying, that's a bit of a different aspect entirely. I don't know how much people are making from viral posts on Twitter (or fb?) from that kind of thing.
But, outside of those specific platforms, there's quite a bit of discussion on it on reddit and on here has had some of the best. The good tech sites like Ars, Verge, Wired, Register all have excellent realistic coverage of what's going on.
I think if you're only seeing hype I'd ask where you're looking. And on the flip side, there's the very anti-ai crowd who I'm sure might be getting that same kind of reach to their target audience preaching the evils & immortality of it.
