AI bubble may burst, but the technology is here to stay, argues 25-year computing veteran
SprayPuzzleheaded115 · reddit · 2026-10-03
A self-taught computer user of 25+ years pushes back on the idea that AI will be discarded if the bubble bursts.
- Using Claude Code, he builds automated benchmarks and custom plugins, calling it like having "a very good programmer by my side who gets better every day"; he now writes his own small tools instead of downloading software.
- His core argument: a financial bubble and the technology's survival are separate questions — valuations may crash and companies fall, but the tech will keep advancing for decades, "like expecting people to go back to horses after the automobile."
- He stresses he's an ordinary user, not a Google employee, and the benefits are real even if hard to measure.
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