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Re:I passionately hate hype, especially the AI hype by ninetyninenine on Friday April 18, 2025 @09:34PM (#43733477)
Nobody is talking about a financial bubble. That's orthoganol.

Something can be worth zero and still be fucking amazing.

The blog post is talking about the hype in general and about AI in general. It is not just referring to the financial opportunity.

You can use chatGPT for free. Does that mean it's total shit because openAI allowed you to use it for free? No. It's still freaking revolutionary.

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Re:I passionately hate hype, especially the AI hype by Terr_ on Friday April 18, 2025 @11:19PM (#43733961)
> Something can be worth zero and still be fucking amazing.

Gull-wing doors on cars. Both awesome and flawed.

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Re:I passionately hate hype, especially the AI hype by ninetyninenine on Saturday April 19, 2025 @09:33AM (#43736276)
I was thinking more like oxygen.

Amazing because without it you’re dead meat. But nobody gives a shit about it because it’s everywhere and free.

That’s what LLMs are. They are everywhere and too readily accessible so people end up just complaining about too much hype.

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