Re:Ask HN: Was tech always so scammy?
by chimprich on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @01:34AM
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> The AI/ChatGPT hype is starting to piss me off, it seems like about 50% of HN is now articles about AI.
That's a bit like complaining in the late 90s that a lot of the articles are about the internet taking off.
I think maybe it's a little overhyped. I suspect that some of the incredible performance of GPT4 is down to good engineering and is going to be less impressive when used for bigger real world problems, and it won't improve as fast as some people on here think it will.
However, it's clearly a quantum leap* in technical progress. It's likely going to change the world as much or more than the widespread adoption of the internet, and in a shorter timeframe. And it is fascinating to many of us.
*in the colloquial sense of the term. A gigantic and sudden advance.
That's a bit like complaining in the late 90s that a lot of the articles are about the internet taking off.
I think maybe it's a little overhyped. I suspect that some of the incredible performance of GPT4 is down to good engineering and is going to be less impressive when used for bigger real world problems, and it won't improve as fast as some people on here think it will.
However, it's clearly a quantum leap* in technical progress. It's likely going to change the world as much or more than the widespread adoption of the internet, and in a shorter timeframe. And it is fascinating to many of us.
*in the colloquial sense of the term. A gigantic and sudden advance.