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I've been trying to figure this out, like I think the 2008 bubble burst for a lot of reason but it was basically a ponzi scheme that ran out of new people to buy houses at constantly inflated rates.

Bernie Madoff got caught when 2008 happened and he didn't have enough money to pay back investors, if 2008 never happened he maybe keeps going.

For Elon Musk, and maybe why he bought Twitter, he has to stay popular enough that enough people believe his companies are the best investment available. If someone surpassed him, and Tesla didn't seem like the place where robots or self-driving might happen, then people would probably move away.

For AI, maybe something similar? People would have to start deciding that investing somewhere else is better than investing in AI and let the AI companies start to fail.

Presumably the cause of a bubble is just too many people thinking AI is the best place to invest their money? And the bubble will pop when they decide to invest somewhere else?



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