Today’s most advanced technologies are capable of offering a series of implementations that everyone recognizes as necessary to continue advancing in the future, but at the same time, there are also those who recognize that the way in which they are presented is largely marketing. This is something that we are quite clear about, and that is that companies have always tried to sell the latest technologies as the revolution that is going to change the world so that everyone starts using it, but the creator of Linux is quite clear and recognizes that the AIit’s largely marketing.
During the last few years we have experienced a really big change in the way we see the progress technologicaland the arrival of the AI It has meant a revolution big enough for each and every one of the companies dedicated to the development of both chips and software to want to sell it at all costs. This is something that happens quite frequently in the technology market, since large companies want to make the most profit possible when something is new, so they try to sell it as something that can revolutionize the world, but in this case even the creator of Linux admits that they are right (to some extent).
AI can change the world, but right now it’s all advertising
During an interview with TFIR, Linus Torvaldscreator of Linuxhas made a series of statements that have attracted a lot of attention from users, and that is that their position on how the AI It’s pretty clear. The developer has indicated that we are currently at a point where we can find artificial intelligence anywhere due to the marketing it has, something that makes it quite difficult to know how this technology can work in real workloads, indicating that it is something revolutionary, but it is mired in publicity.
After commenting on this, he also recognizes that we still have to pass the time of the wow effect to begin to see how this technology is applied to the real aspects of life, indicating that for this to happen the bubble that exists must largely deflate. have created the companies, something that could happen in the next five years:
«I think AI is very interesting and that it is going to change the world. At the same time, I hate the hype cycle so much that I don’t want to get into it.
So my approach to AI right now is to basically ignore it because I think the entire tech industry around AI is in a very bad position, and it’s 90% marketing and 10% reality. And, in 5 years, things will change and at that time, we will see how much of AI is being used for real workloads.
Linus Torvalds says AI will change the world but it is currently 90% marketing and 10% reality, and it will take another 5 years for it to become clear what AI is really useful for https://t.co/6knFEfJbqf
October 21, 2024 • 03:58
This, as we can imagine, does not mean that Linus Torvalds has completely renounced technology, and has indicated that, as we well know, AI It has suitable “use cases”, but the technology is too busy in the commercialization process, trying to become an extremely valuable sales asset for companies, so it has not translated to the stage where we see the implementation of “real workloads.”
