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Author critiques internet research accessibility for AI and crypto trends

The author notes that researching the shift from cryptocurrency and blockchain hype to generative AI trends would require extensive library access, suggesting that public web resources are unreliable for such historical investigation. This highlights the plutocratic nature of internet-based research, where well-funded corporate entities have superior access to information compared to individuals. AI

IMPACT Critiques the accessibility of information for researching the evolution of AI trends.

RANK_REASON The item is an opinion piece discussing the nature of research on the internet, specifically concerning the pivot from crypto to AI.

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Author critiques internet research accessibility for AI and crypto trends

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The item is an opinion piece discussing the nature of research on the internet, specifically concerning the pivot from crypto to AI.
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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    In order to do a proper job of researching the matter of how the crypto and # blockchain fads were abruptly "pivoted" into hype for "generative # AI " sludge ma

    In order to do a proper job of researching the matter of how the crypto and # blockchain fads were abruptly "pivoted" into hype for "generative # AI " sludge machines, I would have to spend some days in a library that gave me sufficient access to old archives of periodicals. The …