There's a popular argument going around that goes something like this:
AI is a bubble Ok, maybe it's useful and will survive, but It can be a bubble and still survive later, like the .com bubble
Basically the back and forth is the following.
PERSON1 : "AI is a bubble."
: "AI is a bubble." PERSON2 : "No, it isn't. Bubbles are when things turn out to be hype, and they get proven wrong and die."
: "No, it isn't. Bubbles are when things turn out to be hype, and they get proven wrong and die." PERSON1: "No, it just means that it's overinflated, like the .com bubble. We still have the internet don't we?"
This sounds like a good argument, but I don't think it is.
From a recent LinkedIn interaction
Notice that we're using the word "bubble" here. What does that mean?
A perfect example of this argument in the wild.
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