AI hype isn't the same as VR hype was

VR required consumers to buy new hardware, learn new systems, and fundamentally change their behavior. Put on a headset. Dedicate time to an isolated experience.

AI builds on behaviors we already have. People type in text fields hundreds of times daily. OpenAI’s 800+ million users came so quickly because the barrier was minimal. Go to a website, type text, get smarter answers.

Sure, there’s hype around AI. But adoption is driven by technology solving real problems within existing workflows. That’s a completely different starting point than VR’s demand for behavior change.

Maybe the question isn’t whether AI goes the same way as VR, but which AI applications actually stick and which are just hype.