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What’s the most overhyped tech trend right now? (self.technology)

submitted 2 months ago by mahin to c/technology

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It feels like every few months there's a new tech "revolution" being hyped up as the future. Besides AI, what’s the most overhyped trend in tech right now? For me, it’s the constant buzz around the metaverse.

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[–] eronth 24 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Both the love for Generative AI/LLM is overhyped, but so is the hate for it. They're actually pretty good tools, they won't save the world on their own in their current state.

[–] Kampfkrapfen_Backup 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Thank you! They get trashed on all occasions here in the fediverse and I get the animosity since every corp and their mother now wants to ride the hype train. But I've kinda changed my mind about AI since having been recommended two AI tools that actually cite sources for their answers (Elicit and Perplexity). They're an absolute godsend for the literature search on my Bachelor's Thesis

[–] assassinatedbyCIA 4 points 2 months ago

Here’s how I see it. Gen AI and LLMs are really good for things that I won’t pay money for. It’s undoubtedly impressive tech, but it really deserves to remain as a cool research project rather than an actual functional product.