"Every bubble pops eventually. When this one goes, what will be left behind?"

Good stuff from @pluralistic

https://locusmag.com/2023/12/commentary-cory-doctorow-what-kind-of-bubble-is-ai/

Cory Doctorow: What Kind of Bubble is AI?

Of course AI is a bubble. It has all the hallmarks of a classic tech bubble. Pick up a rental car at SFO and drive in either direction on the 101 – north to San Francisco, south to Palo Alto – and …

Locus Online

@alex @pluralistic

Reckon it's going to be the type that leaves a lot behind, particularly in the form of a load of unnecessary #GlobalHeating, accelerated #WealthAccumulation, and a time wasted by our distraction from the real issues that we should be addressing