I was born in 1997 and have no clue how the .com bubble looked like. With the way they are advertising AI right now (it will solve every problem on earth) it just annoys me, and what’s worse people who aren’t in the ML/DL field are buying it too. I am just curious how the .com was like and how it compares to the current AI bubble?

  • @pixxelkick
    9•14 hours ago

    For those of us using the tools, actively, it doesn’t seem to be a bubble.

    For a lot of us it’s already showing tangible measurable productivity increases, primarily on boring stuff normally we’d hate doing.

    As an example, I use it often to help with documenting my code, it’s really good at summarizing what my code does abd making clear, legible, professional documentation for all my code.

    That sorta stuff would normally take me hours and hours to do, now it takes about 1.

    I still proof read it, but a lot of my typing and formatting and humming and hawwing is gone.

    There’s a lotta shit like that out there getting streamlined more and more every month that goes by.

    I think it’s maybe 50/50 bubble and actual value. Lots of garbage “products” vaporware out there by people on the bandwagon.

    But also a lot of the tools truly are useful to folks.

    • @jacksilver
      2•6 hours ago

      When you say “document your code” what kind of documentation are you talking about?

      • @pixxelkick
        1•2 hours ago

        Adding inline documentation to symbols, such that the LSP will display ot when you interact with them.

        Code comments on stuff, “Use this method to x, params do this, returns that, throws this” etc etc

        • @jacksilver
          1•2 hours ago

          Thanks for the context, that all makes sense to me.