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What’s the most overhyped tech trend right now? (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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It feels like every few months there's a new tech "revolution" being hyped up as the future. Besides AI, what’s the most overhyped trend in tech right now? For me, it’s the constant buzz around the metaverse.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Take a look at any factory floor and robots (machines) already have taken 80% of jobs.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

I literally worked on a factory line in the summer of 2015 right next to the robot they built over the course of that summer to replace us. Felt like John Henry.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

That doesn't sound overhyped. Sounds like it is effective