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jfz9580m

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6. Uber is the only one on that list
Mon Nov 10, 2025, 01:40 PM
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Last edited Tue Nov 11, 2025, 10:11 AM - Edit history (1)

With even some minimal actual utility..it’s mostly heavily promoted but essentially worthless junk like ChatGPT, which is why there are fears that this stupid AI bubble will burst soon:

https://www.nbcnews.com/world/asia/international-stocks-slide-concerns-ai-tech-company-values-spread-rcna242025

Enthusiasm about artificial intelligence and the companies that produce AI services has been overflowing for months. Companies from Amazon to Microsoft to OpenAI have announced a steady stream of multibillion-dollar deals with one another, raising questions over the sustainability of the industry and its sources of funding.


Ed Zitron, this tech critic who cuts through the bs, lays into the AI bulls all the time.

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Uber is the only one on that list jfz9580m Monday #6
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