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[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I was with you up to “cloud computing”. That bubble was a huge success that has really revolutionized how software is provided

  • well known winners include AWS, Google, Microsoft but there are many more depending how you define cloud computing
  • also some huge flops

AI has a lot of mindshare and has demonstrated contributions in several areas. For example, ai slop you see on YouTube is making some people money. As a coder I do find it sometimes a useful tool, and I can definitely see the near future where it’s a required skill, and no, if you just ask it to spit out slop you’re not getting anything but slop ). I don’t see how it’s going away. However it doesn’t (yet?) live up to its hype nor is there (yet?) a profitable business for providers.

Meanwhile the crypto and NFT bubbles were pyramid schemes that only ever made money from themselves. Web 3.0 probably looks useful to its proponents but was only ever a niche that no one else cared about