Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

gcubed t1_j8ev0ng wrote

I think what we are seeing is more about a tipping point in public perception than a radical acceleration in progress (beyond the rate we have been seeing). Up until a few months ago most of this was hidden among Uni labs, and corporate IT departments, and software developers and such. People who follow technology had some awareness, but even few of them had good access. What Chat GPT did was make it tangible to the average user, and what social media did (especially TikToc) was spread the word like wildfire, and pique the interest of mainstream media to turn it into a phenomena. But that said, I guess it's fair to look at the network effect that hundreds of millions of users is going to have on accelerating growth, investment, and adoption. So maybe it's a little bit of both (perception and radical acceleration).

1