alt Hacker News> More than anything, I think the supposed AI bubble has become such a large talking point because it represents the hope that things can go back to how they used to be. People are afraid of what's going to happen with AI, and rightfully so.
> So, people wishcast. They tell themselves that this is all a giant bubble, and one day soon, everything will crash down and immediately go back to how it used to be.
+1 to this. I think this is why Ed Zitron gets so many readers - people want someone to tell them things will go back to “normal” someday.
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It will eventually blow up of course but it wont be anything really expectacular, a bunch of larpers will be talking about giant loses for CEOs and surely, hopefully anthropic, all while it doesnt have a big effect on the people that know little about all of this. But still, nothing will be back to how it was, ever
Do people believe that? If AI is indeed a giant bubble and indeed the bubble pops, do people believe that AI will just... disappear from society?
-1 to this. I think this is why Ed Zitron gets under the skin of AI evangelicals. They want everyone on this surrealist funny bus on a journey to whatever-the-fuck. Fingers crossed! Ignore the weird AF obfuscated financials. Ignore the crippled hardware market for everyone except data centre overlords. Nothing to see here!
I see it as the opposite. I think the this idea, the "seeing the LLMs as a bubble representing the hope that things can go back to normal" is itself projection from people who know their future is going to suck thanks to "AI" but really wish differently. Whether the LLM companies crash and burn, or succeed wildly, the outcome is going to be negative for the average American (and probably for the average human being).