Comparing AI hype to nanomachines vaporware 'will age poorly', argues dev
jd_pressman · x · 2026-10-29
jdpressman pushes back on analogies between AI hype and nanomachine/quantum-computing-style vaporware: when AI is visibly doing productive work in front of you, the comparison breaks down. The quoted post also criticizes Scott Locklin's recent anti-AI essay for the same flaw.
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