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entropsilkon A Hitchhiker's Guide to the AI Bubble

The fact everyone thinks we are in an AI bubble is practically proof we are not in an AI bubble.

The crowd is always wrong on these things. Just like everyone "knew" we were going into a deep recession sometime in late 2022, early 2023. The crowd has an incredibly short memory too.

What it means is that people are really cautious about AI. That is not a self reinforcing, fear of missing out, explosive process bubble. That is a classic bull market climbing a wall of worry.

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We must live in different realities because most design has almost no creativity or originality at all. "Good design" means the website/design looks exactly the same as everything else.

We have the tools to do anything imaginable with film and video but the top box office films right now in the US are all completely derivative, non-creative human slop.

"Good design" is so trivial to do with generative AI.

We hardly live in 1910 Paris with all the cool people drinking absinthe in between cranking out all these artistic masterpieces.

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I think it is wrong to say that life without work is meaningless.

The problem is what good enough yesterday is expected today and won't be enough tomorrow.

Not being able to do whatever you want all the time acts as a break on this process.

The moment work is abolished would be a wonderful moment. A month later though the biggest topic would be how to get a side hustle or a job.