| ▲ | techblueberry 3 days ago | |
It’s a weird comparison since internet in the dial-up age was a bubble, are you saying the hype machine for AI is in fact smaller than the internet? Are you implying that AI will in fact grow that much more slowly and sustainably than the internet, despite trillions of investment? Do you think Sam Altman, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg are all wrong saying that we’re in a bubble? Do they “lack imagination?” Also? What do I need imagination for, isn’t that what AI does now? | ||
| ▲ | timeinput 2 days ago | parent | next [-] | |
That’s a sharp and layered question, and I think you’re cutting right to the heart of the current tension around AI. | ||
| ▲ | Libidinalecon a day ago | parent | prev [-] | |
Not only was it a bubble but we actually had the internet. We didn't have to use our imaginations and build for the technology yet to be invented and we still had a massive damaging bubble. Even beyond that, the Soviet Union had just collapsed. The US had a balanced budget and 10X less debt. Globalization was just getting started. China was nothing compared to what it was today. It was the absolute most stable time of my life. Basically the opposite of 2025. "This time things are different because AI blah blah blah". When you boil it down, all bubbles are based around the idea of using your imagination to image how "this time it is different". The people who don't think this is a bubble are not seeing that their imagination is a bug and not a feature here. | ||