I can’t help but feel that even bad news like this just pushes the AI hype.
No, it isn’t “intelligent” and won’t be fo centuries to come. It’s just a mirror of the internet, so course it sometimes comes up with insane bullshit. Garbage in, garbage out.
It all reminds me of the “virtual reality” hype of the '90s, which really just meant “faster graphics cards”.
Second Life might not be as universally successful as originally envisioned but it is still going 20 years later and land indeed still sells for thousands of US$ in certain popular locations so it is actually a pretty bad example of hype that was completely baseless, it was just over-hyped, not like current hype cycles that are pretty much 100% bullshit like cryptocurrencies, the Hyperloop, self driving cars or AI replacing workers.
The promise was that people would literally stop going to real life music shows to watch them on Second Life, buying fake cans of sponsored Coca-Cola and inviting friends to one night stands on their digital flats. Going on for 20 years is not the norm, but not unusual either - RuneScape is older and my neighbors have no idea what it is.
The reality is that we forgot about the game in less than two years and the surviving community is small, even if they pay a lot.
That’s exactly what’s going to happen to AI agents promising to replace an entire department or the creative team in a studio.
As someone with 5,000 hours logged into virtual reality as of 2025, your comment leaves me a little confused. 😵💫
You mean “VR Ready” as like, a marketing terminology, right?
Because high-quality, full-body motion tracking virtual reality is available to everyone today for around $3,000-$5,000. It used to cost $140,000 in 1996.
I can’t help but feel that even bad news like this just pushes the AI hype.
No, it isn’t “intelligent” and won’t be fo centuries to come. It’s just a mirror of the internet, so course it sometimes comes up with insane bullshit. Garbage in, garbage out.
It all reminds me of the “virtual reality” hype of the '90s, which really just meant “faster graphics cards”.
Lmfao I love this comment
Dude trust me bro this plot of land on Second Life will be worth more than your house in the future, this is the world wide web bro
Second Life might not be as universally successful as originally envisioned but it is still going 20 years later and land indeed still sells for thousands of US$ in certain popular locations so it is actually a pretty bad example of hype that was completely baseless, it was just over-hyped, not like current hype cycles that are pretty much 100% bullshit like cryptocurrencies, the Hyperloop, self driving cars or AI replacing workers.
The promise was that people would literally stop going to real life music shows to watch them on Second Life, buying fake cans of sponsored Coca-Cola and inviting friends to one night stands on their digital flats. Going on for 20 years is not the norm, but not unusual either - RuneScape is older and my neighbors have no idea what it is.
The reality is that we forgot about the game in less than two years and the surviving community is small, even if they pay a lot.
That’s exactly what’s going to happen to AI agents promising to replace an entire department or the creative team in a studio.
Well the furry sex scene is going strong… Probably.
presumably, the furry sex AIs will become a decent cottage industry
As someone with 5,000 hours logged into virtual reality as of 2025, your comment leaves me a little confused. 😵💫
You mean “VR Ready” as like, a marketing terminology, right?
Because high-quality, full-body motion tracking virtual reality is available to everyone today for around $3,000-$5,000. It used to cost $140,000 in 1996.
30% mirror of the Internet, 70% mirror of the user