A Hacker News thread asking "What Makes AI a Bubble?" has touched a nerve. Commenters are drawing direct lines to the Dot Com era, pointing out that startups are slapping "AI" on their pitch decks without explaining how they'll actually use it. The money keeps flowing anyway. Compute costs are eating these companies alive, and revenue isn't keeping pace. Investors ghost OpenAI...
HN Debates AI Bubble as Compute Costs Burn Startups
A Hacker News thread asking whether AI is a speculative bubble has struck a chord, with commenters drawing direct parallels to the Dot Com era. Startups are burning through capital on compute costs while slapping 'AI' on pitch decks without clear implementation plans. A false rumor about OpenAI shutting down Sora spread quickly in the thread, exposing how skepticism around AI's trajectory travels faster than the actual technology.