'I can't wait for the AI bubble to burst so AI disappears like the internet did'
moonsandhues · x · 2026-10-18
A sarcastic post circulating in AI circles: "I can't wait for the AI bubble to burst so AI disappears forever, like how the internet disappeared forever after the dot-com crash."
The joke mocks AI doom-saying by pointing to dot-com history — bubbles wipe out speculation, not the underlying technology, and AI will likely keep advancing after any market correction.
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