> In the future people might think the same about Bitcoin and AI.

Perhaps, but these will be different people than those who miss the 90-00 internet.

Ofc, because it will be the people growing up in the 20s.

Not even close. No one cares about Bitcoin even today.

> In the future people might think the same about Bitcoin

In 2017 I thought I missed bitcoin, still managed to mine a meager amount on my parents computers. In the modern day I was proven wrong.

I already think like that of the first years of Bitcoin. It had the same energy.

It did. I'm not sure AI has this energy. We quickly skipped the "early tinkering" phase of AI and jumped straight to the annoying "let's put this technology into everything" stage like the blockchain craze of ~2018+. Perhaps the difference is how "top-down" AI has been. Most of the push has come from massive companies trying to get people to use it instead of people finding it organically.

Early internet of 90s+ had a pretty easy learning curve. Think: HTML and a Javascript fart button. Whereas Machine Learning and Large Language Models aka AI have a pretty steep learning curve that I'm working on now. Bitcoin is kind of both, where one can easily interact with the coin trading and/or dive into the complex world of cryptography.

>We quickly skipped the "early tinkering" phase of AI

Was it skipped, or was it spread over many decades with AI winters interspersed throughout?

I miss when "fed-pegged lightning side chains" peddled by Blockstream, Luke, Greg et al was the biggest load of buzzwordy self-serving bullshit in the space.

Yeah, we will fondly reminisce about the planet-destroying ponzi scheme which made it so convenient to pay for illegal goods, scams and ransoms to cryptolockers. What a nice unnecessary ecological catastrophe we managed to concoct out of nothing.

Won't compare

We already do..