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[โ€“] [email protected] 29 points 3 months ago (2 children)

At least the crypto bros were idioting among themselves and not invading every fucking angle of modern society.

[โ€“] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago

Not for lack of trying. They did push for cryptocurrency to be used as actual money (with some success - see El Salvador) and for NFTs to be used for managing ownership (of actual things you can use - not just JPEGs)

It's not that generative AI advocates are more pushy than crypto advocates - it's just that they are more successful. Because like it or not - generative AI does work and does provide value. The problem with it is the ethics of training it and the negative impacts it has on society - but let's not pretend it's a failed concept like cryptocurrency.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

except they did. I mean, when an entire country adopts Bitcoin as national currency, then it literally has invaded every fucking angle of their modern society.