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“It’s The Texture For Me”: People Share What Overhyped Foods They Don’t Like (49 Answers)

It's natural for people to have different tastes – taste in music, movies, interior design, clothes. The same goes for food. Different people like the taste of different things. Some people have a sweet tooth, others go crazy for all things savory. But can we say there are foods that almost everyone likes? Pizza, maybe?Redditor YarnSpectre wanted to know if there are popular foods people just don't get the hype about. They asked netizens 'What's one food everyone seems to go crazy for, but you just don't understand the…

OpenAI COO says AI for business overhyped; reveals details of CEO Sam Altman ouster

Artificial intelligence (AI) has become the buzzword of 2023, with the world's biggest companies launching their suite of AI services not just for consumers, but for businesses as well. While AI technology has been growing for some time, it is safe to say that this revolution really kicked off when OpenAI launched its AI chatbot ChatGPT in November 2022. Since then, rapid advancements have taken place in the field, with companies like Microsoft and Google releasing their AI services. AI for business has also become…

Extraordinary Claims About Small-Brained Human Ancestor Overhyped, Say Experts : ScienceAlert

In 2013, a group of scientists squeezed through a deep, twisting cave system to examine hundreds of bones belonging to a newly discovered species of human ancestor named Homo naledi .Ever since, the cave and its bones have challenged our understanding of human evolution.The remains bore a puzzling mix of primitive and modern-looking features, prompting researchers to think H. naledi represented a species at the crossroads between our ape-like ancestors and modern humans.The fossils had feet made for walking and…

An Overhyped Epic That Imploded on Arrival Visits the Past on Streaming

via 20th Century Fox While recent smash hits like the Detective Pikachu, the Sonic the Hedgehog duology, and The Super Mario Bros. Movie have done a sterling job of trying to wash off the stigma, it’s blockbusters like Assassin’s Creed that underline why the video game adaptation has spent 30 years trying to dispel the notion that it’s a cursed genre. Looking at the various creative pieces involved, there was every reason to believe the $125 million spin on Ubisoft’s all-conquering franchise would live up to…

Overhyped and underrated? Inside Bronny James’ senior season

He bounded out of the tunnel at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, with his trademark poker face, running past older fans who watched his father dominate in local gyms and teens in puffy coats calling his name. “Bronny!” “Bronny!”Bronny James threw down a windmill in warmups that drew an “oooooh” from thousands gathered at Nationwide in mid-December. The narrative was simple: Bronny and Chatsworth Sierra Canyon High taking on LeBron James’ alma mater, St. Vincent-St. Mary, for the third time in four years. But this was…

Sony’s sad story shows that some smartphone features are overhyped

Sony’s presence in the Android smartphone market continued declining over the years, and now, it is one of the least relevant manufacturers around. It could’ve been worse had it not been for Sony’s reputation in the global consumer electronics market and its expansive retail network. Sony’s mobile business could’ve been another victim of getting bought by a Chinese corporation only for the brand to be misused. Thankfully for fans of the brand, Sony is still around and operating under its original leadership. But sadly,…

Disappointed Horror Fans Go to Town on Some of the Genre’s Most Overhyped Efforts

When it comes to necessary evils in the world of film, buzz is a particularly interesting customer. Having so many people talking about and eagerly anticipating your film is undoubtedly an exciting phenomenon, but it mustn’t be forgotten that hype has the added effect of stacking on the pressure to make all of the excitement pay off, which doesn’t always happen. Moreover, even if your project does live up to the hype, everyone has an opinion, and sometimes those opinions go against your movie anyway. With respect to all…

Mind-altering substances are being overhyped as wonder drugs

Others are using AI to analyze “trip reports” to figure out what exactly psychedelic drugs do to our brains, I reported in March.  There’s lots of anecdotal data to draw from. Plenty of people are sharing stories of their own experiences with psychedelics online, as Taylor Majewski reported earlier this year. From around the web: Ten thousand people died from covid-19 last week. But the World Health Organization hopes that at some point next year, it can say the virus no longer represents a global health emergency.…

Is Reinforcement (Machine) Learning Overhyped?

by Market Trends November 29, 2022 Imagine you are about to sit down to play a game with a friend. But this isn’t just any friend – it’s a computer program that doesn’t know the rules of the game. It does, however, understand that it has a goal, and that goal is to win.Because this friend doesn’t know the rules, it starts by making random moves. Some of them make absolutely no sense, and winning for you is easy. But let’s just say you enjoy playing with this friend so much that you decide to devote the rest of your…