On the AI bubble debate: financial-return skeptics have a point, 'AI can't do anything' takes don't
JHochderffer · x · 2026-09-07
The author splits the AI bubble debate in two: the argument that AI investment may not pay off financially within the next year or two is legitimate and worth taking seriously, while claiming AI is a bubble because it hallucinates and "can't do anything" is dismissed as baseless.
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