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Why do we need to stop them? I despise these chumps too, but I also control the content I consume. Non-technical business types have always made lofty promises online, you can avoid them by not using for-profit soapbox platforms like Twitter, Substack and Medium.
Why do we need to cure cancer?
I'd guess the actions of Gary Vaynerchuk wanna-be's are probably not in the top 10.
Sometimes I am jealous of these people. They arent doing the corporate grind, and they arent even really doing the startup grind. They are shilling stuff on the internet and avoiding spending their lives working. I know a few, they live great, though frugal lives. I go to my job at prestigious big Co and often wonder who the smart one is, me or them
It's not dumb to sell shovels during a gold rush. And the thing is, almost anybody can do it.
This is so funny. I've noticed these lame influencers shilling AI strategies on twitter even though I don't follow them. But the algorithm sees engagement from others so it thinks I'll like it too. There's a pattern developing on twitter (and other socials). Life coach types, just shill the next big thing. It was Crypto, then NFTs, now AI. Wonder what will be next?
The funny thing the biggest export of these hustle guys is teaching other people how to jump on keywords for attention.
News at 6 PM.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's not dumb to sell shovels during a gold rush. And the thing is, almost anybody can do it.
but some would rather harp on and hate on it on hackernews instead.
I'll proudly hate and harp on those folks anywhere I go. I won't go as far as to claim they "must be stopped", but internally I'd wager most people are waiting for these guys to shut up already.
More likely, we are currently experiencing a calibration phase for a new technology, during which individuals are attempting to gauge others' understanding and interest in it.
Right now, everybody is shouting "You have to look at this awesome thing!!", while in fact others are already aware of it, or even tired of it. Hence the complaints. This will pass quickly.
This is so funny. I've noticed these lame influencers shilling AI strategies on twitter even though I don't follow them. But the algorithm sees engagement from others so it thinks I'll like it too. There's a pattern developing on twitter (and other socials). Life coach types, just shill the next big thing. It was Crypto, then NFTs, now AI. Wonder what will be next?
(I kid. (mostly))
This is a really strange way to start an article, because I can tell you that here in small town middle of nowhere America, even the old guys down at the VFW hall are talking about AI. I can't get through a full day without someone at random (at Rotary, in the grocery checkout line...) talking about it. Which tells me there's probably as much "get rich quick" and other "gold rush" type BS happening here as there is good computer science.
Sometimes I am jealous of these people. They arent doing the corporate grind, and they arent even really doing the startup grind. They are shilling stuff on the internet and avoiding spending their lives working. I know a few, they live great, though frugal lives. I go to my job at prestigious big Co and often wonder who the smart one is, me or them