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The AI Fad Just Burned to the Waterline

Sometimes wide moats and billions of dollars to blow lead not to glory but to hubris, which beckons Nemesis.

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Charles Hugh Smith
Jan 29, 2025
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While everyone was busy reassuring themselves the stock market was still A-OK, the driver of the market--the AI fad--just burned to the waterline. Yes, the current euphoric expectations for AI are a fad, the latest in the endless stream of "gotta have" status signifiers and cultural frenzies.

The core dynamic in all fads is Human Wetware 1.0. Though we g…

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