However I am increasingly annoyed at how everything has to be framed as a conversation about AI, how every tech-adjacent company has to brand itself as AI-first, and most of all, how overblown predictions are about an LLM being conscious, etc.
In short – it’s a useful technology reshaping tons of industries, but the hype is grating.
I have spent the last 3 months away from family, I caught up with my brother & his wife and they also got back from an interesting vacation recently. I tried to get information about their vacation but at best got 2 sentences that it was enjoyable. But they spent more than 24 hours(sleep over to see the nieces) ear bashing me about AI.
I truly don’t care that people find this stuff exciting, just leave me out of it and tell it’s AI content upfront and we’ll get along swimmingly.
Obviously the answer is $$$ and the fact that this admin's economic policy has further encouraged the market to go all-in on AI as it's the only thing that's trending in the black for the economy right now. I don't think you'll find many people on HN who won't readily admit that even if they're anti-AI, LLMs are genuinely amazing pieces of software that can be transformative and useful in many different environments, and it's mindblowing how they work. The issue comes from the very harmful way it's currently being commercialized and marketed.