Tech hype fatigue: from Google Glass to 'AI swarms will kill us all'
BdR76 · reddit · 2026-09-20
The author vents about a decade of tech hype cycles, listing a timeline: Google Glass revolutionizing surgery (2013), Stadia killing consoles (2015), crypto replacing cash (2017), Web 3.0 (2021), NFTs (2022), LLMs replacing tech workers (2024), and AI swarms taking over the internet (2026).
They acknowledge AI can do genuinely new things but call for normalcy, and criticize journalists who quote "AI will kill us" soundbites without a single follow-up question.
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