Comment by Cemlolo

It's not a con.

It's the frontier. The only new really big one we know.

It already solved real issues, see alphafold and it will continue until we hit a ceiling.

The money throwing thing is a zeitgeist issue: we have this money and people don't know what to do with it.

But yes ml is now the thing.

And no it was very very far away speaking to a machine and the machine feeling smart. If you can't see this breakthrough as what it is, you will never be excited for any new invention.

Until perhaps aliens are arriving on our door steps.