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  1. If history repeats, we should compare the AI bubble with the dot-com bubble.

    “AI-powered” is the new “.com.” Startups are pitching thin wrappers — and this time, many don’t even pretend to own the tech they’re built on.

    Look closer, and it’s a house of cards:

    Wrappers rely on OpenAI
    OpenAI relies on Microsoft
    Microsoft needs NVIDIA
    NVIDIA owns the chips that power it all

    #AI #Bubble #TechHistory #DotCom #StartupCulture #PlatformDependency #DigitalInfrastructure

    skooloflife.medium.com/99-of-a