It feels like every few months there’s a new tech “revolution” being hyped up as the future. Besides AI, what’s the most overhyped trend in tech right now? For me, it’s the constant buzz around the metaverse.

  • TimeSquirrel
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    711 hours ago

    What sort of automation specifically are you referring to? I work in commercial building automation, which is basically tying various systems like fire/burg alarms, access control, energy/lighting management, intercoms, and everything else together using TCP/IP networking, RS-232/485, and dry-contact relay triggers everywhere. For instance, unlocking all doors and stopping elevator access when the fire alarm goes off. Or automatically disarming a burglar alarm and turning on the lights when the first person in the morning scans their badge. In that sense, it works great and has been working for decades.

    If you mean robots taking all our jobs, yeah that’s about 100 years out.

    • @Tja
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      15 hours ago

      Take a look at any factory floor and robots (machines) already have taken 80% of jobs.

      • shastaxc
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        22 hours ago

        That doesn’t sound overhyped. Sounds like it is effective