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ben_wlast Monday at 1:16 PM1 replyview on HN

None of that matters to this point, though I'd dispute some of it if I thought it did.

"Can they keep charging money for it?", that's the question that matters here.


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j45last Monday at 4:48 PM

It matters to the comparison being made between the dot com boom and an ai boom, they have completely different fundamentals outside of the hype train.

There were not as many consumers buying online during dot com boom.

To the extent currently more is being spent on AI than anything in the dot com boom.

Nor did companies run their businesses in the cloud, because there was no real broadband.

There’s no doubt there’s a hype train, there is also an adoption and disruption train, which is also happening.

I could go on, but I’m comfortable with seeing how well this comment ages.

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