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Is AI Facing a Trough of Disillusionment? (spectrum.ieee.org)
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Is AI's hype cycle leading us into a trough of disillusionment? Dive into the reality behind GPT-5's launch and its impact on the tech world.

A recent MIT report on AI in business found that 95 percent of all generative-AI deployments in business settings generated “zero return.”

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[-] MCasq_qsaCJ_234@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 days ago

“I think we are running out of low-hanging fruits to improve on,” says Xu. He added that the early agentic gains came from simple changes, “things like formatting errors, or not understanding tools [...] I think we’re going to slow down until we find the next big thing.”

Another AI winter? Another AI winter? (Possible in the medium or long term)

Although we'll also have to wait and see what John Carmack does, because he's also involved in this.

[-] josefo@leminal.space 3 points 3 days ago

I hope the winter lasts till I die. Godfuck I want a peaceful life.

[-] jacksilver@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

I think we may see an agentic AI winter, but there are so many other applications and systems that can benefit from deep learning still.

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