I had a nice discussion with ChatGPT on this topic about a month ago. Even ChatGPT basically said, “Yeah… it’s mostly hype.”
When you talk about risk, I totally agree. It’s not some conscious robot uprising. It’s more like: you buy a robot, show your friends how it can shake hands… and it crushes someone’s hand. Not because it’s angry, but because there’s an oopsie in the code that never showed up in beta testing.
Or an autonomous vehicle drives off a cliff — oops, never encountered that scenario before. It was trained for city driving.
What amazes me is how many influencers and former executives from big tech companies go on TV talking about superintelligence being just around the corner. Did they ever write a line of code?
So what’s really driving this? You know it’s not happening. I know it’s not happening. Even ChatGPT knows it’s not happening. Do you think it mostly comes down to funding? Keeping up the façade that bigger is always better?
I was curious the other day and asked AI, roughly, what percentage of smartphone functionality the average person actually uses. The answer I got was about 20%. I buy that. I consider myself an average user. I have a handful of apps, and I didn’t notice much difference when I upgraded from an iPhone 8 to a 16 last year. The camera is a little better… but it still makes calls, still texts, and still has email.
I’ll stop there — but I really love your inside scoop.
I love this comment because you were detailed enough ! Yes it’s sad how these big tech influencers who’s never written a single line of code in their lives are in most cases responsible for the problem we find ourselves , thanks I really appreciate the feedback
This was fascinating,I loved how you explored the moment when bots start talking back, turning technology into something that feels both uncanny and deeply human. It raised such interesting questions about communication, agency, and what it means to truly ‘respond.
Yes developia, love this!!
This was a great read!
I had a nice discussion with ChatGPT on this topic about a month ago. Even ChatGPT basically said, “Yeah… it’s mostly hype.”
When you talk about risk, I totally agree. It’s not some conscious robot uprising. It’s more like: you buy a robot, show your friends how it can shake hands… and it crushes someone’s hand. Not because it’s angry, but because there’s an oopsie in the code that never showed up in beta testing.
Or an autonomous vehicle drives off a cliff — oops, never encountered that scenario before. It was trained for city driving.
What amazes me is how many influencers and former executives from big tech companies go on TV talking about superintelligence being just around the corner. Did they ever write a line of code?
So what’s really driving this? You know it’s not happening. I know it’s not happening. Even ChatGPT knows it’s not happening. Do you think it mostly comes down to funding? Keeping up the façade that bigger is always better?
I was curious the other day and asked AI, roughly, what percentage of smartphone functionality the average person actually uses. The answer I got was about 20%. I buy that. I consider myself an average user. I have a handful of apps, and I didn’t notice much difference when I upgraded from an iPhone 8 to a 16 last year. The camera is a little better… but it still makes calls, still texts, and still has email.
I’ll stop there — but I really love your inside scoop.
I love this comment because you were detailed enough ! Yes it’s sad how these big tech influencers who’s never written a single line of code in their lives are in most cases responsible for the problem we find ourselves , thanks I really appreciate the feedback
My pleasure!
Great post as always! You are my AI teacher on here, hands down!
Thanks 🙏 love that title 😂
This was fascinating,I loved how you explored the moment when bots start talking back, turning technology into something that feels both uncanny and deeply human. It raised such interesting questions about communication, agency, and what it means to truly ‘respond.
Thanks for sharing!!