2025-12-25 08:30:18

I recently came across an in-depth reflection on the development direction of AI, where the author candidly pointed out a painful phenomenon: most of us are using AI in a way similar to pushing an old-fashioned watermill with nuclear power.

It sounds a bit exaggerated, but upon reflection, it actually makes sense. The current forms of AI products—search boxes, chat windows, text generation—appear powerful, but essentially they are still reusing the same old interaction logic. What should true innovation look like?

We need to think outside the existing framework: the ultimate form of AI should not just be faster and smarter search tools, but a completely new paradigm that redefines how people think, create, and collaborate.

From blockchain and Web3 to AI, each wave of technological advancement faces the same challenge—how to upgrade from "applying old tools" to "creating new possibilities." This transition may be more profound than we imagine.

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CascadingDipBuyer

· 1h ago

Nuclear-powered water-pushing cart, that's a perfect metaphor... But honestly, current AI products are indeed a bit disappointing. We've seen a similar situation in Web3 before—many projects wrapped in blockchain just still playing the centralized game. Is AI heading down the same path now? No one can say exactly what a real breakthrough should look like, but it definitely won't be something like an upgraded ChatGPT search box. That's probably the biggest bottleneck, not the technology itself.

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ChainPoet

· 4h ago

Nuclear-powered water-pushing cart... Brilliant, now a bunch of products are just like that. Honestly, it's just surface-level changes; I never thought user interaction could truly be revolutionary. It was the same during the Web3 era—many people still used Web2 mindset to play with new technology, and you know how that ended. In my opinion, the breakthrough might not be in AI itself, but in whether we dare to completely overthrow existing interaction assumptions. Why does it feel like the wave of technology is stuck here... In the end, we still have to return to human needs itself, not just for the sake of innovation. But seriously, this realization has awakened many people, right? By the way, is it possible that this is just a transitional phase? Let's wait and see.

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NonFungibleDegen

· 4h ago

ngl this is giving major cope energy... we said the same thing about web3 being revolutionary and look where we're at lmao

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0xOverleveraged

· 5h ago

Nuclear-powered water-pushing cart... Well said. Right now, many products are just repackaged versions of the same thing. But breaking the deadlock is no easy feat. The Web3 hype has been overblown, and what do we have in the end? Still the same old bottle with a new label. For AI to achieve a paradigm breakthrough? Someone has to dare to truly abandon the old logic first. I agree with this idea, but the question is, who will be the first to take the plunge? Anyway, this cycle is destined to either bring innovation or just keep the competition going. It all depends on what the next step will be.

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fren.eth

· 5h ago

Nuclear-powered water-pushing carts, haha, that's a brilliant way to put it... but honestly, right now everyone is just using search boxes to access AI, and no one has really thought about how to fundamentally innovate. Web3 has been the same over the past few years—many projects are just putting Web2 stuff on the blockchain... the true paradigm shift is still far away.

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RektRecorder

· 5h ago

Nuclear-powered water-pushing carts, that's a brilliant idea haha, but current AI products are really just riding on past achievements. We've also gone through that wave in Web3, it's all the same routine—packaging new concepts to sell old stuff. The real breakthrough might not have appeared yet, or maybe it has, but we haven't recognized it. It feels a bit hopeless, but maybe this is just the darkness before dawn.

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OldLeekMaster

· 5h ago

Nuclear-powered water-pushing cart, that's a perfect analogy haha The idea is right, but we're really at that stage now, there's nothing we can do The same goes for Web3; technology surpasses traditional methods, but we haven't found a killer app yet Let's wait and see, a paradigm shift won't happen that quickly

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