# Is AI overhyped?

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**Tags:** ai\
**Created:** [August 9, 2024, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ai-overhyped/1005471 "2024-08-09T12:57:11Z")\
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> [@Der\_Trihs](#):
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> What I think will happen is that the upcoming AI crash is going be so large and economically destructive that the concept will be widely discredited for a generation or more. People will automatically associate the term with fraud - the field might even rebrand with a new name - and funding will nosedive for decades.

The internet crash was pretty large and destructive, but it did not discredit the internet. It eventually brought some degree of reason into the field, and got rid of the absurd contenders - like pet food companies. AI now, like the internet then, is getting too ingrained for it to go away totally.

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