'I see no new Google being built': Burkov likens AI token spending to dot-com bubble
burkov · x · 2026-10-22
Notable ML practitioner Andriy Burkov pushes back on 'AI economy' talk: he sees no new Google being built with AI, only early adopters spending fortunes on tokens believing they'll become the new Googles — a dynamic he compares directly to the dot-com era, adding 'I was there, Gandalf. I was there 3,000 years ago.'
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