Comment on Microsoft and Alphabet results show Wall Street only cares about AI
JDubbleu@programming.dev 1 year agoIt’s not quite blockchain. It is incredibly useful in a broad range of applications, and has genuinely changed how millions of people work. Sure it’s not the magic bullet wall street thinks it is, but my work has been improved immensely through the use of generative AI. Especially with uniquely challenging software problems and niche questions.
I think it’ll be similar to VR. Extremely useful and interesting, but over-hyped and not going to penetrate our lives as much as most people think.
danielbln@lemmy.world 1 year ago
My mom never used VR, but she happily talks to GPT4. From that perspective I think mindshare in the broader population will be significantly higher than VR (even if it doesn’t live up to the hype VC/Wallstreet machine).
R00bot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
If you had to buy an expensive headset to use chatGPT she wouldn’t either.
lolcatnip@reddthat.com 1 year ago
If she had wheels she’d be a wagon.
R00bot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
I’m just saying the accessibility of AI doesn’t necessarily mean it has more utility. Just that it’s more accessible.
danielbln@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Even if I would gift one to her she wouldn’t use it. VR headset is peak nerd shit, as much as I love it. Having a dialog with an AI is much more approachable to the layman.
R00bot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
That’s fair I guess. I don’t have a VR headset or talk to AI so imo they’re both pretty nerdy. I only talk to chatGPT every now and then to see if it can help me with code problems, and it almost always fails spectacularly unless I’m doing something really basic.