Grumbles about generative AI’s shortcomings are coalescing into a “trough of disillusionment” after a year and a half of hype about ChatGPT and other bots.
Why it matters: AI is still changing the world — but improving and integrating the technology is raising harder and more complex questions than first envisioned, and no chatbot has the magic answers.
Driving the news: The hurdles are everything from embarrassing errors, such as extra fingers or Black founding fathers in generated images, to significant concerns about intellectual property infringement, cost, environmental impact and other issues.

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    3 months ago

    Same shit that happened with cryptocurrency and NFTs. Suddenly the tech illiterate c-suites realize it isn’t magically making profits go up.

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    3 months ago

    It’s only a matter of time 'til the “AI” bubble really pops and all those tech companies that fired too much of their workforce have to start hiring back like crazy.

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      3 months ago

      Not every new technology or shift in the economy is a “bubble” that’s inevitably going to “pop” someday.

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        3 months ago

        But this one definitely is.

        It’s like watching the Blockchain saga in fast-forward.

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          3 months ago

          But this one definitely is.

          Such confidence. Why do you think so?

          Many of the shifts that have happened in the economy are a result of capabilities that existing AI models actually demonstrably have right now, rather than anticipation of future developments. Even if no further developments happen those existing capabilities aren’t going to just “go away” again somehow.

          Also worth noting, blockchains are still around and are doing just fine.

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              3 months ago

              They are, though. The total market cap across cryptocurrencies right now is about $2.75 trillion.

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                3 months ago

                You misspelled “Unlicensed Securities”, and taking crypto scammers at their word when they tell you how much their bits are worth is an easy way to lose actual money. XD

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                  I’m just pointing out that they’re still there. If it’s a scam then at this point it’s one of history’s biggest and longest-running.

                  And whether any particular cryptocurrency qualifies as a security in any particular jurisdiction is a complicated question, some do and some don’t. This is about cryptocurrency as a whole so calling them an unlicensed security would not be accurate.