Every new technology has unrealistic expectations and a subsequent reality that falls way short of the initial promise.
With 3d printing, people really thought 3d printing machines would print machines that would print machines that would print machines that would print anything that we can imagine under the sun. It was to be the new manufacturing paradigm.
In the end, 3d printers just became machines for hobbyist to print their little plastic bits and pieces for toys and hard to get parts for their hobbies.
With MRNA, the chief scientist of Moderna claimed we would have a tsunami of MRNA vaccines and cures coming as it's easy as designing a vaccine or drug in an hour. Even Elon Musk claimed we can easily and literally turn into a butterfly by doping our DNA with MRNA which would easily alter the former.
But in the end, all we got out of MRNA are trial cures for end of life illnesses when conventional cures aren't an option. There certainly was no mass adoption nor a tsunami of MRNA drugs or vaccines.
With AI, the "flying car" promise seem to be generative AI. But what will be practical "come down" application or reality that will befall it?
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