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ToxMarz

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36. AI is a great new techonogly with a lot of promise, but it is NO WHERE near what they are hyping it as

Reply to angrychair (Original post)

Fri Mar 27, 2026, 05:30 PM

Mar 27

and if it will ever reach the level of the hype remains to be seen (the cost/benefit may never be there, massivly $$$$ and resource hungry). Right now it is solely a giant FOMO cash grab. It will continue like this as long as there is still cash to grab, then KA-BOOM!

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Market is tanking [View all] angrychair Mar 27 OP

hold. n/t SonOfNebanaube Mar 27 #1

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a LOT worse... kbowman Mar 27 #44

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Down 10% from highs Johnny2X2X Mar 27 #26

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Indeed ck4829 Mar 27 #23

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If Republicans don't get rid of Trump pretty soon C_U_L8R Mar 27 #11

If voters really trusted Mr. Multiple Bankruptcies and Had to Dissolve His Own Charity... ck4829 Mar 27 #24

Easy Come, Easy Go OC375 Mar 27 #12

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Yea, I've been surprised angrychair Mar 27 #14

Also, GoodRaisin Mar 27 #15

All very true ck4829 Mar 27 #25

SoftBank to Borrow $40 Billion to Fund OpenAI Investment nitpicked Mar 27 #29

Welcome to correction territory. ck4829 Mar 27 #17

A soundtrack Strelnikov_ Mar 27 #30

"Once I built a tower, Prairie_Seagull Mar 27 #45

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What's the saying "Elect a clown, expect a circus"? ck4829 Mar 28 #49

It has further to drop. Trump has no plans Johonny Mar 27 #35

Bingo ck4829 Mar 28 #48

AI is a great new techonogly with a lot of promise, but it is NO WHERE near what they are hyping it as ToxMarz Mar 27 #36

My timing wasn't perfect. I got out 6 months multigraincracker Mar 27 #40

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Oh, that'll hit really hard though. ck4829 Mar 28 #50

I assumed the economy would tank when the Orange Plague Dr. T Mar 27 #42

Excellent ck4829 Mar 28 #46

"The Bondi Top" D_Master81 Mar 27 #43

It really is, that's some classic hubris right there ck4829 Mar 28 #47

Yep. Scrivener7 Mar 28 #52

But he said we were doing so good the_liberal_grandpa Mar 28 #54

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