Re:LK-99
by maxbond on Thursday July 27, 2023 @06:26PM
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[New person]
Alright, but if we're going to be relying on the authority of historians, they don't recognize the LK-99 age anymore then they recognize the steel, plastics/petroleum products, or silicon age though.
I can't speak for anyone else but what struck me as off about it was that it felt like boosterism for a technology that's so new and poorly understood it that we may find out it doesn't actually work at any moment. Even if it does work, we have no idea if it's useful in real applications or if it needs another decade of refinement. It reminded me of AI and cryptoasset evangelism, and made me inwardly groan, "here we go again...."
You don't have to write comments according to my preferences, I didn't downvote your comment fwiw, that's just how I saw it.
Alright, but if we're going to be relying on the authority of historians, they don't recognize the LK-99 age anymore then they recognize the steel, plastics/petroleum products, or silicon age though.
I can't speak for anyone else but what struck me as off about it was that it felt like boosterism for a technology that's so new and poorly understood it that we may find out it doesn't actually work at any moment. Even if it does work, we have no idea if it's useful in real applications or if it needs another decade of refinement. It reminded me of AI and cryptoasset evangelism, and made me inwardly groan, "here we go again...."
You don't have to write comments according to my preferences, I didn't downvote your comment fwiw, that's just how I saw it.