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> The hype isn't coming from where AI is today, but where it will be in 2030 and 2040.

Yeah but the investors they're talking to aren't thinking about 2030-2040. They are thinking about 2025. If they don't get their 2000% profits they are imagining now they will declare it a FLOP!!!! and drop it. Doing harm to the overall development of a technology that does have its merits but is just propped up to a position it's not ready for by a long shot.

With this kind of pressure a slow slope is not enough to keep investors happy.

These guys are all hitting themselves in the head every day that they didn't buy bitcoins when they cost $0.01 and they are constantly telling themselves the next big thing will make them rich beyond their wildest dreams. They are ruining good tech this way. Metaverse was pretty decent too, it was just not for everyone yet (and it won't be for a loooong time), but it does have its niche uses.



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