Snake Oil Epidemic in AI: Nonsensical Claims Fooling Even the Creators Themselves
generativist · x · 2026-08-12
Following up on his previous thoughts, @generativist criticized the hype epidemic within the AI sector. He noted that his feed is astoundingly full of nonsensical claims—stuff that anyone with even a year of domain experience would recognize as pure snake oil. Interestingly, he points out that this isn't always conscious deception; often, the creators are merely fooling themselves first.
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