My point is: when was the last time when K-means clustering or the Bayesian theorem got a cult, spawned a 10000 fake currencies and were touted as a panacea for all societal problems? The hype behind blockchain, which is just a distributed mathematically sound log of stuff, is just a bunch of misinformation shouted loudly by charlatans and uninformed enthusiasts.

It's the same thing with LLMs, they are basically an extremely sophisticated autocomplete, but I'll be damned if I don't see 1911 articles per day that claim they are sentient, and Sam the perv needs just a couple more billion dollars to reach AGI, just behind the corner. The average pundit's critical thinking is just so disappointing.