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> Is this another bubble that might burst

I see this a lot, but I think it's irrelevant. Even if this is a bubble, and even if (when?) it bursts, the underlying tech is not going anywhere. Just like the last dotcom bubble gave us FAANG+, so will this give us the next letters. Sure, agentsdotcom or flowsdotcom or ragdotcom might fail (likely IMO), but the stack is here to stay, and it's only gonna get better, cheaper, more integrated.

What is becoming increasingly clear, IMO, is that you have to spend some time with this. Prompting an LLM is like the old google-fu. You need to gain experience with it, to make the most out of it. Same with coding stacks. There are plenty of ways to use what's available now, as "tools". Play around, see what they can do for you now, see where it might lead. You don't need to buy into the hype, and some skepticism is warranted, but you shouldn't ignore the entire field either.



This is just survivorship bias speaking. Some bubbles have a useful core somewhere, but that doesn't mean that every (or even most) bubble does.


agree on this point, like web3 and blockchain is not essential as of today (CMIIW).

However not in the case of AI (agentic AI / LLM), because simply they already have a use case, and a valid one. Contextual query and document searching / knowledge digging will be there to stay, either in form of current agentic model or different one.


We already had text search, and I don't see the value in adding a bullshittifier on top of that.


Many people do. I can't imagine ever going back to opening ten tabs for a question. It's not like information on the internet was bullshit-free pre-LLMs. For me, it's easier to verify information than to find it.


And what does your verification process look like then, if it somehow doesn't involve doing any research yourself anyway?


This is the most reasonable stance, and I see a lot of smart people take it. The bubble will burst and some winners will remain. Those companies will make bank because the tools are useful to those that know how to use them effectively will excel.




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