I think this is the most widespread hype I’ve seen. Whether it will pan out in terms of actual usefulness remains to be seen I think, so kind of hard to say what compares yet.
Part of me wonders whether there would be this much hype without COVID and the Ukraine war and the economy causing so much gloom. People are yearning for a savior of some kind it feels like (I say that as a comment on human nature and as an atheist, this isn’t a disguised Christpost).
Imo it's the exact opposite: If it weren't for the economic gloom and general uncertainty there'd be infinitely more hype.
There'd be even more money pouring in, less focus on a general dystopian slant to it, and less obsessing over labor (COVID was what really spooked a lot of people on that)
Part of me wonders whether there would be this much hype without COVID and the Ukraine war and the economy causing so much gloom. People are yearning for a savior of some kind it feels like (I say that as a comment on human nature and as an atheist, this isn’t a disguised Christpost).