Post #1481337
2025-12-19 15:20 UTC
@j_bertolotti But they are related, no?
A bubble means inflated asset prices (monetary value), caused by over-estimating asset values (usefulness), and assuming significant scarcity, relative to (future) demand.
When the demand collapses, or fails to materialize; or if the asset ends up not being scarce; then the price collapses, and the bubble with it.
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@j_bertolotti@mathstodon.xyz 2025-12-19 15:28
@8r3n7 AI is following the usual hype curve. The only difference with 3D tvs, virtual reality etc is that this time they have pushed an insane amount of money and PR into it. It is a bubble, and it will burst (not as soon as many hope, as Google&co can absorb a lot of financial hits as long as their stock value stays high), but after the burst it will not vanish. After the burst the few actually good uses will be the ones still standing.