Trough of Disillusionment

Is this Gartner encouraging the ‘Trough of Disillusionment‘ in their own AI hype cycle? Or just plain old common sense that it’s increasingly hard to ignore?

We’re in the brute force phase of AI when GPUs are needed
Gartner thinks generative AI is right for only five percent of workloads
“Gartner thinks generative AI is right for only five percent of workloads…[It] is 90 percent of the airwaves and five percent of the use cases, he noted – and users have already learned that lesson.”

I’m being particularly vocal about this nonsense lately after reading a report that the Great Barrier Reef has probably already been dealt its death blow

Great Barrier Reef already been dealt its death blow - scientist
A leading climate scientists says it’s just not possible for some ecosystems to adapt to climate change.

Time for solutions to fix existing problems, rather than creating energy hungry solutions and then trying to find problems for them to fix, poorly.

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