alt Hacker News> why are the examples given of futuristic capabilities always so visionless - it's always booking a flight or scheduling a meeting.
This AI wave is filled with "ideas guys/gals" who thought they had an amazing awesome idea and if only they knew how to program they could make a best-selling billion dollar idea, being confronted with the reality that their ideas are really uninteresting as well.
They're still happy to write blog posts about how their bleeding-edge Claw setup sends them a push notification whenever someone comments on one of their LinkedIn posts, though.
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the whole obsequious nature of how LLMs also amp them up thinking they're onto something incredible is throwing gas on this dumpster fire.
"What a great idea! This will revolutionize linkedin commenting. Let's implement it together."
Yeah it seems like we're still in the "XYZ ... but on a computer!" stage of AI.
I have "new genius" ideas very often. After doing quick search I discover that any idea worth thinking of implementation is either implemented already or what seems to be low barrier to entry clashes with some legal obstacles.