Something Big Is Happening

[matthewsinclair]

Here’s a link to the original blog post (to avoid Xitter): https://shumer.dev/something-big-is-happening

[andsoitis]

Dupe: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46973011

FWIW, the dupe is flagged.

[cabirum]

"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it". So, this guy is "building an AI startup and investing in the space", right. Thousands of jobs in AI depend on you to start paying for the models because "free version is over a year behind".

What AI is good at is generating billions of similar "something big, act now" stories just to get you to pay. It is an advert.

[matthewsinclair]

Indeed. There’s definitely a bit of that in there, no doubt. But I think, after reading it, that it’s one of those articles that might off on some details but is in the ballpark in terms of trajectory.

[matthewsinclair]

Hyperbole? Hmm.