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@cstross@wandering.shop It appears that a stopgap bullshit hype object has already been prepared: "Quantum". IIRC even Ursula von der Leyen has been bringing it up lately.

Compared to the previous hype cycle, it seems to me that "AI" roughly equals Bitcoin: problematic in many respects, but has technically interesting aspects, and more or less works for some applications (though not the most-hyped ones).

"Quantum" would then be the new NFT: to anyone with half a brain obviously 100% scam from the start. But there are a lot of retail investors with less than half and even more people who would like to rip them off.

Charlie Stross
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@redsakana@infosec.exchange A bit different, I think, but quantum computing still has a rotten whiff of hype without substance.

redsakana
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@cstross@wandering.shop Yes, technically it (probably) could work, but at the moment it definitely _doesn't_ work for any actual application, but looks like it's gonna get whipped up into a new tulipmania anyway if the "AI" hype train falls apart too soon.

So like NFT with regard to the current state of the art/production-readiness (boosters gonna claim it's actually working already in "secret labs" or will be great in 6 months at the latest so INVEST NOW), though not necessarily in absolute terms.