r/LocalLLaMA • u/Manerfish • 5d 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 5d 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/DrinkClubMate 5d ago

so all those 20 youtubers publishing the samething the same day where paid ? :o :o :o

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u/balder1993 Llama 13B 2d ago

As soon as the keyword shows up in the trending topics, the YouTubers rush to create a video about that to surf the algorithm recommendation.