• flashgnash@lemm.ee
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    20 hours ago

    NFTs and crypto were dubious as to the value they provided

    LLMs on the other hand provide very tangible, immediate value to a large number of people

    Also they allow companies to save a ton of money on support at the expense of the user experience so of course it’s here to stay

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      18 minutes ago

      I’d argue that people got way too excited about what NFTs offer. Being able to own/transfer a digital item with a standardized interface is interesting technically (and has real value, for example ENS names), but holy hell did people go all Beanie Baby on them…

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      4 hours ago

      Is it really saving the cost? considering it increased 14 times compared to last year based on the article above.

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        2 hours ago

        It said cost worries have risen not costs themselves, it was in the same paragraph about concerns with response accuracy, I imagine that’s just a survey

        In reality both cost and reliability have improved massively since ai took off like this, requests cost a fraction of a penny each and provided you prompt it right gpt 4o gets it right 90% of the time for me

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          8 hours ago

          They are not, managers only think it is saving them money. All the same current llms are a grift that have no plausible value statement outside of scam markets. Even then the price of their use is both massively subsidized and scales at best exponentially with performance. This cannot last forever.