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[–] makeshiftreaper@lemmy.world 7 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Calling electric cars part of a hype cycle feels a little disingenuous to me. Either we get rid of cars, society ends, or all cars go electric. Considering that option 1 causes option 2 unless there's a revolutionary tech breakthrough, I think it's safe to assume electric cars are the future. Also I don't forsee a peak in hype for them, there's generally a lot of resistance to electric cars

Aside from the random dig at electric cars, I largely agree with this article. I don't think the chicken coop machine learning example is quite clear to non-technical people, but I think it's probably appropriate for the lemmy userbase

[–] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 hours ago

You're right, electric cars aren't really the same. That being said, the hype was pretty high about 5 years ago and these days, there are articles written (though largely incorrect) about the waning demand for EVs. At this point, the hype has decreased and eventually there will be a resurgence in demand. EVs are absolutely the future, I own one and love it.

[–] j4p@lemm.ee 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

AGI itself won't end us, but the land, water and energy needs of the massive data centers needed to scale up the computation needed for AI development sure are gonna try

[–] Free_Opinions@feddit.uk 1 points 4 hours ago

AGI itself won’t end us

I've yet to hear a good argument for why it couldn't. I don't think it definitely will but it's a real possibility.

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 7 points 15 hours ago

" mostly hype and won't take everybody's job or end humanity."

That's true for the Mexicans too but we're still scared to death of them.

Good luck calming us down when we are programmed to scream.

[–] Charger8232@lemmy.ml 3 points 14 hours ago

Today I learned: layman, laymen, laywoman, laywomen, layperson, and laypeople are all real words. I thought it was just "layman".