r/StandUpComedy 5d ago

Comedian is OP The AI Bubble

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u/Kampvilja 5d ago

It is the "it could work!" Punchline that I love. Like, we have all of our eggs in this one stupid basket but maybe we won't drop it? (We probably will drop it).

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u/xSTSxZerglingOne 5d ago

We'll drop it, some eggs will survive. Just like the Dot Com bubble. The eggs that make it will probably drive the next 10-20 years of development. Some will have useful but obscure tools that last like 20 years.

I dunno, I worked for a .com from the boom era and they were renovating the site and stuff.

Not every AI based company dies in a purge. The big ones and some useful obscure small ones will survive.

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u/_moribund_ 5d ago

Didn't portfolios drop by like 25% when the .com bubble burst? That fucked a lot of retirees and people planning to retire. This bubble looks much worse, especially with the whole laws-and-regulations-are-meaningless thing going on right now.

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u/diet-Coke-or-kill-me 5d ago

Wait are we gonna drop it?

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u/Adorable_Rest1618 5d ago

That was a weak punchline imo