A lot of it is prisoner's dilemma and its variants. As an investor, even if you think a particular AI shift is bullshit, you have to take into account the possibility that other investors won't - and at that point you might miss out on the gains.

This is one of the reasons stock market is so disconnected from reality.

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graemep 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

its greater fool theory https://moneyterms.co.uk/greater-fool/

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somewhatgoated 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

But wouldn’t it be a failure if it’s bullshit and therefore no gains?

	▲	tokai 4 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Not if you sell before the other fools.
	▲	SpicyLemonZest 4 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		A16Z's post on the Slack IPO (https://a16z.com/announcement/slack/) is a good pointer to the kind of thinking here. A pivot from an unprofitable game to laying off 80% of the company to a weird communication app could be fairly described as "bullshit", but when your business model is finding the rare exceptions where the stars align and a company ends up being worth billions, it's not a kind of bullshit you can afford to be entirely unreceptive to.