Why You Should Expect an AI Crash

(economist.com)

34 points | by toomuchtodo 32 minutes ago

3 comments

  • rooftopzen 0 minutes ago
    Circular financing, without regard to technical limitations. We've known about this for a few years. Hacker news buries these articles (ycombinator is a circular financing hub).
  • what 7 minutes ago
    Anyone got a gift link or archive?
  • uptrails 5 minutes ago
    I wake up, I read articles about how the AI crash is coming. I figure that it's not actually coming because everyone is talking about it, so it's priced in.

    And then I pull up HN / LinkedIn / X / Substack where everyone is telling me that this is the new AI economy and the tech can't possibly flop, so I figure that the crash must be coming because there's too much optimism.

    I go to sleep. Then I wake up and read...

    • aleqs 0 minutes ago
      ..and how much of that AI optimism (and some pessimism) is generated by proprietary llms? Recursive self-enbubbling?