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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

You aren't wrong; but unlike VR, "dumb" AI has been added to so many devices, used so prolifically, and been invested in so much that it will hold until real AI exists.

AI has already written more on the internet than humans have. There is no reason to believe it is a niche product like VR.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

The bar of entry is also far lower. Something like chatGPT or Copilot is magnitudes cheaper and far more useful than a VR headset.

Additionally, large models AI don't make one physically sick with motion sickness, only mentally.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

AI has already written more on the internet than humans have. There is no reason to believe it is a niche product like VR.

The internet. Where it gets all it's training material?

This is not the brag you think it is.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I don't think it's a brag. It's likely more a simple statement of Truth, or at least "near" truth Since the great majority of the internet is not available on a search engine and therefore is unlikely to have been found by an AI