404 Media disecting the the death of the Metaverse, an $80 Billion Dumpster Fire Nobody Wanted:

The complete and utter failure of the metaverse is a reminder not just of the fact that the future Silicon Valley is force feeding us is not inevitable, but that quite often these oligarchs quite simply cannot relate to real people, don’t know how or why people use their products, and very often have no idea what they’re doing.

The sentiment in this quote is what helps me sleep through the night with respect to AI & LLM fetishization. The future we’re being force fed is not for certain.