Reddit Post Warns the AI Bubble Will Pop Brutally as Circular Compute Revenue Inflates Valuations
Richnix1551 · reddit · 2026-09-07
A Reddit post argues the AI bubble is set to burst: companies are pouring hundreds of billions into GPUs and data centers while much of the "revenue" is AI firms paying each other for compute, not real customers. The author concedes AI is genuinely useful but says current valuations price in AI taking every job within a year — and things get ugly once investors demand actual profit.
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