platevoltage 2 days ago

I’d say that the social media revolution had a bigger effect than AI has at this point.

  • lerchmo a day ago

    in the context of LLM's we are in the Friendster era

    • platevoltage a day ago

      I guess we will know when we are in the Facebook era when my parents start using it.

  • Imustaskforhelp 2 days ago

    That is a genuinely fair take. I agree

    Social media was a quality of life upgrade where it wasn't promising too much, and it delivered on what it promised. (maybe a little too much)

    AI on the other hand just like blockchain feels like hype.

    • platevoltage a day ago

      Social Media is basically what enabled me to actually be social during the Friendster/Early Myspace era. It helped me get to know people I'd met in real life, and meet other people within the city I lived in.

      Now if you're not on linkedIn, people question whether you are a real person or not.

      I hope AI ends up like blockchain. It's there if you have a use-case for it, but it's not absolutely embedded in everything you do. Both are insanely cool technologies.