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MineralMan

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1. The Entire AI Boom Is a Function of Short-Term Thinking.

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sat Apr 18, 2026, 02:44 PM

Apr 18

There are profits for short-term things. And then there is the collapse. If you're smart, you bail before the collapse and take your profits with you. If you're not, you go down with the ship.

We have seen this happen in the past. It will repeat itself.

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Tech website Gizmodo weighs in on how "AI executives have painted themselves into a corner" with their own AI hype [View all] highplainsdem Apr 18 OP

The Entire AI Boom Is a Function of Short-Term Thinking. MineralMan Apr 18 #1

True. But I wish the financial damage it's causing and will cause was the only harm from the highplainsdem Apr 18 #4

Yes, it's just one of the risks we're facing. MineralMan Apr 18 #5

Link to the text you quoted please? LearnedHand Apr 18 #2

Whoops! Just added it to the top of the OP. Mea culpa. highplainsdem Apr 18 #3

Thanks! LearnedHand Apr 18 #6