AI is a bubble, just admit it

12 points | by zerosizedweasle 9 hours ago ago

20 comments

  • seydor 19 minutes ago ago

    What if we admit it and also approve it?

    Stock pumping is this generation s real estate

  • gooodvibes 22 minutes ago ago

    Sure, some companies and products might be overvalued - so what?

    Why do some people insist on screaming about this from the rooftops?

  • leakycap 9 hours ago ago

    Forecasting the global AI market revenue in 2030 when we're only about 1,000 days since ChatGPT launched seems unlikely to be accurate

    • zerosizedweasle 9 hours ago ago

      Yeah but that's where the numbers need to be to make the current spending add up.

      • leakycap 2 minutes ago ago

        Only if you think the market is not significantly shifting. Saying this now is like saying how much dirt will be needed to fill in a sinkhole while it's still caving inwards.

  • farseer 2 hours ago ago

    Chips are unlike cars and there is very little wear and tear. If depreciation of Chips and subsequent losses is your criteria of how this bubble will burst, you may be in for a rude awakening. With Moor's law already finished, the Chips can be used for at least a decade or more even with lower efficiency and more power usage.

  • fullshark 9 hours ago ago

    Good luck timing the burst, everything is a bubble

  • cranberryturkey 9 hours ago ago

    A bubble much like the dotcom bubble. but the internet didn't go away...it was flourishing 3 years later.

    • zerosizedweasle 9 hours ago ago

      Yeah but those companies went bankrupt.

      • cranberryturkey 9 hours ago ago

        True...the ones that raised $2M with just a domain name and vaporware. THat's notwhat I'm seeing in AI right now

        • zerosizedweasle 9 hours ago ago

          No, WorldCom and 360Networks were fiber companies. A lot of internet infrastructure companies went under.

          • cranberryturkey 8 hours ago ago

            Yes, but my point is the fundamental tech didn't disappear. Those companies failed but thousands have been flourishing ever since.

            • BoredPositron 5 hours ago ago

              The infrastructure got delayed significantly.

            • zerosizedweasle 8 hours ago ago

              I get your point. I'm not talking about AI in the future of the economy after the bubble burst settles. Or about the technology in the future. I'm talking about the cold hard economic calculus / numbers staring us near term in the face.

              • andsoitis 8 hours ago ago

                I think the issue is your framing. You say “AI is a bubble…”, when I think you mean more something like “the gold rush around AI is a bubble…”