> The point you’re making is that AI is an intrinsically bad technology

Not really. I said, "The technology itself may be neat."

There's a larger societal question: how many resources should we devote to this technology? The current answer appears to be "unlimited resources".

> AI is in demand and supply has not caught up.

The point is that we're currently suffering the many negative side effects of AI production, some of which I listed. Will there be a utopian future when the negative side effects are all eliminated? Maybe... or maybe not. In any case, it sucks right now, and relief does not appear imminent. Indeed, the Apple price increases are a sign that the component shortages are not just temporary, and even the wealthiest corporation in the world can't ride out the storm.