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In the future people might think the same about Bitcoin and AI.

by gipsies 2y ago

darthrupert 2y ago
I already think like that of the first years of Bitcoin. It had the same energy.
- Saturnial22 2y ago
  I miss when "fed-pegged lightning side chains" peddled by Blockstream, Luke, Greg et al was the biggest load of buzzwordy self-serving bullshit in the space.
- AlexandrB 2y ago
  It did. I'm not sure AI has this energy. We quickly skipped the "early tinkering" phase of AI and jumped straight to the annoying "let's put this technology into everything" stage like the blockchain craze of ~2018+. Perhaps the difference is how "top-down" AI has been. Most of the push has come from massive companies trying to get people to use it instead of people finding it organically.
  - SkyBelow 2y ago
    >We quickly skipped the "early tinkering" phase of AI Was it skipped, or was it spread over many decades with AI winters interspersed throughout?
  - andirk 2y ago
    Early internet of 90s+ had a pretty easy learning curve. Think: HTML and a Javascript fart button. Whereas Machine Learning and Large Language Models aka AI have a pretty steep learning curve that I'm working on now. Bitcoin is kind of both, where one can easily interact with the coin trading and/or dive into the complex world of cryptography.
ocean_moist 2y ago
> In the future people might think the same about Bitcoin In 2017 I thought I missed bitcoin, still managed to mine a meager amount on my parents computers. In the modern day I was proven wrong.
aleph_minus_one 2y ago
> In the future people might think the same about Bitcoin and AI. Perhaps, but these will be different people than those who miss the 90-00 internet.
- xboxnolifes 2y ago
  Ofc, because it will be the people growing up in the 20s.
j45 2y ago
Won't compare
0points 2y ago
We already do..
anthk 2y ago
Not even close. No one cares about Bitcoin even today.
gruturo 2y ago
Yeah, we will fondly reminisce about the planet-destroying ponzi scheme which made it so convenient to pay for illegal goods, scams and ransoms to cryptolockers. What a nice unnecessary ecological catastrophe we managed to concoct out of nothing.

In the future people might think the same about Bitcoin and AI.

darthrupert 2y ago

I already think like that of the first years of Bitcoin. It had the same energy.

Saturnial22 2y ago
I miss when "fed-pegged lightning side chains" peddled by Blockstream, Luke, Greg et al was the biggest load of buzzwordy self-serving bullshit in the space.
AlexandrB 2y ago
It did. I'm not sure AI has this energy. We quickly skipped the "early tinkering" phase of AI and jumped straight to the annoying "let's put this technology into everything" stage like the blockchain craze of ~2018+. Perhaps the difference is how "top-down" AI has been. Most of the push has come from massive companies trying to get people to use it instead of people finding it organically.
- SkyBelow 2y ago
  >We quickly skipped the "early tinkering" phase of AI Was it skipped, or was it spread over many decades with AI winters interspersed throughout?
- andirk 2y ago
  Early internet of 90s+ had a pretty easy learning curve. Think: HTML and a Javascript fart button. Whereas Machine Learning and Large Language Models aka AI have a pretty steep learning curve that I'm working on now. Bitcoin is kind of both, where one can easily interact with the coin trading and/or dive into the complex world of cryptography.

ocean_moist 2y ago

> In the future people might think the same about Bitcoin In 2017 I thought I missed bitcoin, still managed to mine a meager amount on my parents computers. In the modern day I was proven wrong.

aleph_minus_one 2y ago

> In the future people might think the same about Bitcoin and AI. Perhaps, but these will be different people than those who miss the 90-00 internet.

xboxnolifes 2y ago
Ofc, because it will be the people growing up in the 20s.

j45 2y ago

Won't compare

0points 2y ago

We already do..

anthk 2y ago

Not even close. No one cares about Bitcoin even today.

gruturo 2y ago

Yeah, we will fondly reminisce about the planet-destroying ponzi scheme which made it so convenient to pay for illegal goods, scams and ransoms to cryptolockers. What a nice unnecessary ecological catastrophe we managed to concoct out of nothing.