Some people do, and certainly those people are poorly informed.
Most people talking about the AI bubble are focussed on the gargantuan amounts of money being invested to build out datacentres, relying on the future value of inference.
As in, right now n inference tokens is worth $y.
Investment is occurring on the basis that in the future everyone will need nx tokens.
The actual amount of x is the problem. If it’s less than investors are hoping, and it almost certainly is, then the bubble will pop and suddenly all that investment money is lost.
A catastrophic economic outcome.
However, you’re correct that the chatbots of today will survive the coming economic storm.
Some people do, and certainly those people are poorly informed.
Most people talking about the AI bubble are focussed on the gargantuan amounts of money being invested to build out datacentres, relying on the future value of inference.
As in, right now n inference tokens is worth $y.
Investment is occurring on the basis that in the future everyone will need nx tokens.
The actual amount of x is the problem. If it’s less than investors are hoping, and it almost certainly is, then the bubble will pop and suddenly all that investment money is lost.
A catastrophic economic outcome.
However, you’re correct that the chatbots of today will survive the coming economic storm.