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I just realized the entire Ai bubble - and, by extension, the US economy, and then other linked economies in spill-over - is hoisted up on c-level FOMO.
That's it? We're fucked.
It's because of the suicidal growth obsession that's been baked into corporate culture. When you've already monopolized your industry, there isn't much room left for growth, and companies wrung all the fat out years ago. There's nothing left to cut. AI at least has the theoretical potential to keep growth going, so C levels cling to it like a drowning man clings to a life preserver.
Were you around for the big internet boom in the 90s where everyone, even your corner gas station, felt the need to have a website? All of these execs and media types were saying how everyone needed an "internet presence". Then you had all of these people rushing to get "web certified". It collapsed but some survived the storm.
I remember!
Like dung beetles to shit.
A couple years ago my boss asked if we had "an AI." When I told him we didn't, he says we should get one. I asked him for what, and he just shrugs and says, "I don't know, shouldn't we?"
"But we are a diner."
"I'm tired, boss"
Just like the restaurant scene in The Big Short with the fund manager.
Market's built on a foundation of bullshit and blind confidence. Only a matter of time before someone big enough blinks.
It's not FOMO, it's just stock price inflation. Even if temporary. Everyone knows it's a bubble too, but it's circular investing. Investor see line go up, so invests, and then line go up more. That's the extent of the thought process driving the AI bubble.
Just like the Tesla stock except on a bigger scale. Not that Tesla is small
something somthint tech progression fights back inflation and unemployment, we are reliant on the lie