Artificial intelligence may be marketed as society's great equalizer—transforming businesses, streamlining work and making life easier for all—but for many marginalized Americans, AI doesn't feel like a promise.
VR is still cool and will probably always be cool, but I doubt it’ll never be mainstream. 3D was just awkward, and they really just wanted VR but the tech wasn’t there yet.
I own neither, yet I’ve been considering VR for a few years now, just waiting for more headsets to have proper Linux support before I get one.
Likewise, I’m not paying for LLMs, but I do use the ones my workplace provides. They’re useful sometimes, and it’s nice to have them as an option when I hit a wall or something. I think they’re interesting and useful, but not nearly as powerful as the big corporations want you to think.
Remember how a few years ago 3d displays and VR were being shoved in everyone’s faces? I can see the current “AI” trend going the same way.
VR is still cool and will probably always be cool, but I doubt it’ll never be mainstream. 3D was just awkward, and they really just wanted VR but the tech wasn’t there yet.
I own neither, yet I’ve been considering VR for a few years now, just waiting for more headsets to have proper Linux support before I get one.
Likewise, I’m not paying for LLMs, but I do use the ones my workplace provides. They’re useful sometimes, and it’s nice to have them as an option when I hit a wall or something. I think they’re interesting and useful, but not nearly as powerful as the big corporations want you to think.