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Re:I genuinely don't understand why some people are still bu... by Terr_ on Thursday March 27, 2025 @10:10PM (#43500688)
It's like computer graphics and VR: Amazing advances over the years, very impressive, fun, cool, and by no means a temporary fad...

... But I do not believe we're on the cusp of a Lawnmower-Man future where someone's Metaverse eats all the retail-conference-halls and movie-theaters and retail-stores across the entire globe in an unbridled orgy of mind-shattering investor returns.

Similarly, LLMs are neat and have some sane uses, but the fervor about how we're about to invent the Omnimind and usher in the singularity and take over the (economic) world? Nah.

Re:I genuinely don't understand why some people are still bu... by gilbetron on Thursday March 27, 2025 @10:21PM (#43500768)
Ah yes, the "computer graphics, which has generated billions upon billions of revenue and change are just a fad" argument.

What next, "This Internet thing was just a fad" or "The industrial age was a fad"?

Re:I genuinely don't understand why some people are still bu... by grg0 on Thursday March 27, 2025 @10:43PM (#43500921)
That is not at all what they are saying. If you seriously think that, you have serious reading comprehension problems.
Re:I genuinely don't understand why some people are still bu... by simoncion on Friday March 28, 2025 @01:03AM (#43501709)
We find this thing you said:

> Ah yes, the "computer graphics, which has generated billions upon billions of revenue and change are just a fad" argument.

in reference to this thing that OP said:

> It's like computer graphics and VR: Amazing advances over the years, very impressive, fun, cool, and by no means a temporary fad...

Either you, yourself are an LLM, or you need to slow the fuck down and read.