> to skew markets, skew the financials of big tech and create a bubble in the space.
Are the intended consequences of this. The people behind the money in AI, just like the people behind the money in crypto, don't care if there's a reality to all of this, they just care if they can make a lot of money while the music is playing.
I really thought 2022 was going to be the beginning of tech returning to reality, but naively didn't understand that this would entail a lot of people with a lot of money losing money, and that's not going to happen.
As with all bubbles, the interesting thing isn't pointing out there's a bubble, we've been living in many bubbles for decades now. The interesting thing is pointing out what will make it pop. So long as globally money keeps pouring into US markets we'll see this continue.
On the plus side, at least LLMs are a lot of fun to work and play with!