I use Bitcoin regularly, because I live in a third world country where it's really hard not to get your salary seized.
I use ChatGPT every day for lots of things and it has replaced Google search for me. And StackOverflow, of course.
Notice how I said BITCOIN and CHATGPT. Not "crypto" and "ai".
ChatGPT made one great product. Bitcoin is one great “product.”
But the successors in the same category aren’t doing anything wildly more useful than the original “killer app.”
Crypto never really revolutionized finance, it just provided one solid digital currency product. Smart contracts and NFTs went pretty much nowhere and I struggle to identify a way that they are used in a widespread manner.
You and I are using ChatGPT regularly and it helps us quite a lot, but it hasn’t revolutionized life nor has it turned me into a 10x developer or something like that. It’s a service that is collecting $20 a month and that’s about the extent of its economic value so far.
In other words, “Replacing Google and Stack Overflow” is arguably not that exciting.
(Then I end up going back to SO/Google when ChatGPT tells me shit that is wrong)
I do think LLMs have way more potential than “crypto” but it remains to be seen how much more that is
All the crypto killer apps lost the plot, especially NFTs.
As for LLMs and more specifically, ChatGPT, they are not a niche thing so I agree in that their potential is way bigger. I'm not yet sure what that is, but I think it will change things profoundly. Replacing Google/SO is just a side effect of something bigger. But that's just my humble opinion.