AI Bubble and Internet Decline

On 26 June, ArtificialInteligence circulated Cory Doctorow’s argument about an AI bubble and how to repair a broken internet. Ars Technica covered his proposed method for bursting the bubble by striking at its roots. An ArtificialInteligence mini-documentary compared the AI boom with the dot-com bubble.

Other ArtificialInteligence commentary argued that AI would follow the internet’s path and reshape work, communication, learning, and daily life. It drew on a 1995 video in which children predicted the internet’s reach. A separate ArtificialInteligence opinion, “We Were Wrong About the AI Bubble,” claimed that data supported a reassessment.

On 31 July, Doctorow continued the discussion on The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart. He placed AI within what the episode called the “Enshittification Era.” The story remains a debate about market expectations, platform decay, and who controls the internet’s underlying systems. Cheerful stuff.

Taking this as factual, impact is 0%. Doctorow’s appearances and the surrounding commentary introduce no stated product change, policy decision, investment move, or direct consequence for AI companies, internet platforms, workers, or users.

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