'It's almost tragic': Bubble or not, the AI backlash is validating one critic's warnings

'It's almost tragic': Bubble or not, the AI backlash is validating one critic's warnings

First it was the release of GPT-5 that OpenAI “totally screwed up,” according to Sam Altman. Then Altman followed that up by saying the B-word at a dinner with reporters. “When bubbles happen, smart people get overexcited about a kernel of truth,” The Verge reported on comments by the OpenAI CEO. Then it was the sweeping MIT survey that put a number on what so many people seem to be feeling: a whopping 95% of generative AI pilots at companies ar…

‘It’s almost tragic’: Bubble or not, the AI backlash is validating what one researcher and critic has been saying for years

First it was the release of GPT-5 that OpenAI “totally screwed up,” according to Sam Altman. Then Altman followed that up by saying the B-word at a dinner with reporters. “When bubbles happen, smart people get overexcited about a kernel of truth,” The Verge reported on comments by the OpenAI CEO.…