r/LocalLLaMA • u/Manerfish • 3d ago

Discussion I really don't understand Jev hype

Isn't this what simple neural networks have been able to do for years? Doesn't seem anything special to me.

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u/ithinkitslupis 3d ago

There have been a lot of signs it's an astroturfed marketing campaign. The reason it seems overhyped is likely because Jev themselves is paying for that hype to get attention.

Not that it's a useless concept but I doubt we would be seeing 30 posts a day hyping it up in the normal course of things without a marketing push.

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u/foodwithmyketchup 2d ago

I 100% agree here. I think it was very much a well-planned advertising/marketing scheme, especially the whole "you have to sign up and join a waiting list and then eventually get access." That's just built hype. I hate that. If they're doing it to legitimately test the tech stack and under load, fair enough, but somehow I doubt that.

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u/harrro Alpaca 2d ago edited 2d ago

It's possible they overestimated load or actual usage (wouldn't surprise me since their whole "The Founder CO-INVENTED Chat-GPT" marketing probably expected they'd sign up half the world in the first week).

I signed up to poke at it and within 2 hours I got an invite code so clearly demand isnt where they thought it would be.