Comment by just6979

re: 3d printer hype: nah, there were people out there saying "umm, yeah so FDM is great for rapid prototyping and some small parts, but kinda terrible for lots of application. Being isotropic and lacking creep is way more important than you guys printing little boats that don't even float yet understand."

You just couldn't hear them over all the hype.

On the otherhand, that hype did help bring a lot of investment which begat things like desktop resin printers and prosumer-level SLS and such advanced tech that actually can replace much existing manufacturing tech.

Current "AI"/LLM situation sure seems like a bubble, but in the end transformer-based ML is obviously insanely powerful for many domains and it's going to change and create industries. But just like there isn't a 3d printer in every house, and it doesn't seem like that will be a thing anytime soon, it doesn't seem likely that we're all going to just be prompt engineers.