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Okay, after *years* of over-hype about AI, does the DeepSeek moment and the deflation of the AI bubble mean we can finally be normal about AI and treat it like any other tech, evaluating it on its pros and cons, and its actual utility? I wrote about how we might actually do that in our day jobs: https://www.fastly.com/blog/can-we-be-normal-about-ai-now-that-deepseek-happened
@anildash I think we'll still need the bubble to deflate a bit more before we can really have an honest conversation about it.
@anildash So after seeing the whole push with the Ghibli trained AI, I feel even more that the industry is going to need the financial failure of a large AI firm or even several for the AI industry to even start to come to terms about their true utility an I think we're a ways away from any of that happening.
@anildash I've played around with AI and I think it can have some uses. Specifically in the hands of someone already knowledgeable about the task of which they're doing. This is the same as any expert system. I think of it as something that might be useful in an exploritory function in an area that is well understood and documented.
@anildash thank you. It's an irritating characteristic within tech to continually grab a potentially useful tool and to decide that it is the perfect solution to every problem, casting aside all other options.
No self-respecting handyman would expect to solve all problems, build all things, with one perfect screwdriver, no matter how shiny.
@anildash sorry but you’re only allowed to hold one of two (2) authorised opinions about AI; it’s our saviour, or it’s the ultimate evil.
@sloenthusiast lol so I've heard.
@anildash not yet. We need something like OpenAI to crash and burn first - the hype men have to move on before we can really talk.