Comment by taurath

I find it ironic that computer scientists and technologists are frequently uberrationalists to the point of self parody but they get hyped about a technology that is often confidently wrong.

Just like the hype with AI and the billions of dollars going into it. There’s something there but it’s a big fat unknown right now whether any part of the investment will actually pay off - everyone needs it to work to justify any amount of the growth of the tech industry right now. When everyone needs a thing to work, it starts to really lose the fundamentals of being an actual product. I’m not saying it’s not useful, but is it as useful as the valuations and investments need it to be? Time will tell.