On: Things we learned about LLMs in 2024

[zachrip]

It seems odd to put crypto and LLMs in the same boat in this regard - I might be wrong but are there any crypto projects that actually provide value? I'm sure there are ones that do folding or something but among the big ones?

[rileymat2 → zachrip]

Value is a hard term, this link will seem snarky, but: https://www.axios.com/2024/12/25/russia-bitcoin-evade-sancti...

So in a way, it is providing value to someone, whether we like it or not.

Or Drug Cartels. https://www.context.news/digital-rights/how-crypto-helps-lat...

But this is the promise of uncontrollable decentralization providing value, for good or bad?

[blibble → zachrip]

crypto has real uses, most of them illegal

meanwhile "AI" is used to produce infinity+1 pictures of shrimp jesus and more spam than we've ever known before

and if we're really lucky, it will put us all out of work