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1. simianwords · 1790086297 · focus · HN ↗

   "They are trying to generate hype before the IPO so that they can cash in before the bubble bursts"

   1. howunfortunate · 1790086421 · focus · HN ↗

      I think it was Roon who said it months ago: "Too many people are not emotionally prepared for if it's not a bubble."

      1. willy_k · 1790086771 · focus · HN ↗

         This dichotomy is counter-productive. The valuations floating around are insane, and the claim that some software can replace every single laborer is one step removed from fiction. At the same time, this stuff is clearly going to change how to world works in countless, deep ways. But the idea that some fancy autocomplete can replace humans ignores the reality of humanity and the fancy autocomplete.

         It’s another dot com bubble, not a crypto bubble. Trillion dollar valuations burst once you leave lesswrong.

         Edit: very fancy autocomplete. I know what these things are capable of. It’s still not “intelligence”, for X definition of intelligence. And it certainly benefits from having obscene amounts of compete thrown at it. It is awesomely impressive synthesis of data, yet it’s clearly still that.

         1. john_strinlai · 1790087054 · focus · HN ↗

            i dont think humans are going to be replaced either, but calling the thing that solves millennium problems and is currently changing multiple industries entirely a "fancy autocomplete" makes it harder to take any point you are making seriously.

            1. Anamon · 1790518304 · focus · HN ↗

               > currently changing multiple industries entirely

               Four years in, I'm still waiting for a single example of this oft-repeated claim stated as fact.

               The only industry I have first-hand experience in is software development, and LLMs are certainly not changing that "entirely". The implementation of quick, throwaway PoCs, maybe, but that ain't an industry.

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