AI Community Blinded by Hype: From LLM Forums to Useless Acquisitions
eptwts · x · 2026-07-27
The author criticizes the AI community for being completely blinded by hype. Examples include people treating a forum where LLMs reply to each other as a groundbreaking, world-ending discovery, and noting that this hype has even driven major tech companies like Meta to acquire products that are dead simple and practically useless.
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