I've noticed that most AI-related posts here receive a lot of anti-AI commentary. Why is that? Are people not finding these tools useful, even with the significant investment and hype in the space?
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By tinthedev 2025-05-2012:46 Practical AI vs hype AI is what I see the biggest distinction on.
I haven't seen people negatively comment on simple AI tooling, or cases where AI creates real output.
I do see a lot of hate on hype-trains and, for what it's worth, I wouldn't say it's undeserved. LLMs are currently oversold as this be-all end-all AI, while there's still a lot of "all" to conquer.
By AnimalMuppet 2025-05-2013:42 > Are people not finding these tools useful, even with the significant investment and hype in the space?
That sounds like there's a flawed assumption buried in there. Hype has very little correlation with usefulness. Investment has perhaps slightly more, but only slightly.
Investment tells you that people invested. Hype tells you that people are trying to sell it. That's all. They tell you nothing about usefulness.
By andyjohnson0 2025-05-2012:32 Disgust at all the hype. Worry over being made obsolete. Lazy negativity ("merely token predictors") in an attempt to sound knowledgeable. Worry over not understanding the tech. Distress over dehumanising AI use in hiring etc. Herd psychology.
