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The reality is probably somewhere in between.

I believe that gen-AI is in many ways simultaneously the most underhyped and overhyped technology today: why?

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This has resulted in unfounded speculation and catastrophizing that is unhelpful and damaging to the potential of these technologies.

I think that this can speak to a lot of the misconceptions around AI at the moment.

We are barely scratching the surface of real-life applications of gen-AI technology.

We know very little.

Definitely not right now.

Most of us are familiar with the adage of the tractor and the farmer.

The invention of the tractor didnt replace the farmer, farmers just learnt to drive tractors.

Yes, it will address problems we know about now, but what about the potentialapplicationswe dont know about?

So, should we be worried about the future?

The decisions we make and the problems we solve will define the AI space in the future.

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