Of course AI is a bubble. It has all the hallmarks of a classic tech bubble. Pick up a rental car at SFO and drive in either direction on the 101 – north to San Francisco, south to Palo Alto – and …

This guy’s one of the few and the brave actually saying publicly that AI is a bubble. I think most other public figures are scared to be proven wrong and made to look foolish. Doctorow’s not committing to the idea that AI will never have any use, but at least he’s countering a lot of the ridiculous claims the “AI Industry” is making lately.

  • @Bassman1805
    10•8 months ago

    Similarly to how the dot com bubble DID create a handful of businesses that remain dominant to this day, but also a ton of garbage that never had a future. We’re gonna have a handful of companies that actually revolutionize computing, and a whole bunch of crap that we’ll forget by the 2030s.

    Godspeed to those who think they can predict who the winners will be. Hopefully you don’t bankrupt yourself on a bad bet like so many in 1999.

    • @TootSweetOPMEnglish
      2•8 months ago

      Godspeed to those who think they can predict who the winners will be.

      My money’s on TruthGPT.

      /S