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https://Patreon.com/InternetOfBugs or https://InternetOfBugs.com "They spent a long time trying to convince you that AI wasn't a bubble, but it is. And it’s not the dot-com boom they want you to believe it is." A lot of tech commentators are rewriting history, claiming that once the current AI hype clears, we’ll step into a prosperous new world just like we did after the 2000 tech crash. But I lived and coded through the dot-com bubble, and the fundamentals here are completely different. In this video, I break down why current generative AI infrastructure is actually closer to the cryptocurrency bubble, why the promised productivity gains aren't showing up, and how giant data centers are creating a centralized system designed for rent-seeking rather than distributing economic opportunity. In this episode: * The real anatomy of the dot-com bubble (and the "last mile" problem). * How crypto hardware just rolled over into the AI hype cycle. * Why data center chips lose value rapidly compared to old telecom fiber. * How the AI bubble centralizes power into monopolies instead of lifting smaller innovators. Join our Patreon community for exclusive videos, text chats, and weekly live calls: https://Patreon.com/InternetOfBugs or https://InternetOfBugs.com 0:00 - The AI Bubble Deniers Are Finally Admitting It 1:05 - The Reality of Surviving the Dot-Com Crash 1:54 - What Was the "Last Mile" Problem? 3:16 - The Crypto Bubble Comparison 4:38 - Generative AI vs. Reality: Where Are the Productivity Gains? 6:05 - The Massive Trap of Investing in AI Microchips 7:15 - Fiber Cables vs. Expiring Hardware Efficiency 7:44 - Technologies That Distribute Opportunity vs. Centralize It 8:54 - Giant Data Centers and the Threat of "Rent Seeking" 10:04 - Why the AI Bubble Is Extractive, Not Expansive 10:46 - Join the Internet of Bugs Patreon Community Sources: Why what AI investment is buying won't be useful after the bubble: // Limiting factor on Datacenters https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/opinions/space-and-power-whats-really-limiting-data-center-capacity/ https://epoch.ai/data-insights/ml-hardware-energy-efficiency // How long it takes before the power for data centers come online: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/06/outdated-us-energy-grid-tons-of-clean-energy-stuck-waiting-in-line.html // How the fiber from the DotCom bubble got more useful over time [4] https://fiberbroadband.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/FBA-0018E_ScalabilityLongevity_WhitePaper_lv2.pdf https://connectorsupplier.com/fiber-optic-cable-the-faster-farther-future-of-high-speed-data-links/ https://www.tiafotc.org/optical-fiber-technology/ // How quickly datacenter hardware becomes less useful https://www.census.gov/newsroom/archives/2015-pr/cb15-89.html https://www.carboncollective.co/sustainable-investing/gigawatt-gw https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/west-texas-5-000-acre-ai-data-center-site-fast-tracks-500-mw-behind-meter-power-302485357.html https://coloradosun.com/2025/12/29/data-center-power/ https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/10/24/what-we-know-about-energy-use-at-us-data-centers-amid-the-ai-boom/ // How the people who stand to ACTUALLY benefit from new datacenters try to gaslight the people who have to live near them #AIBubble #TechHype #DotComBoom #Crypto #DataCenters #SoftwareEngineering #InternetOfBugs #TechMonopolies https://www.brookings.edu/articles/turning-the-data-center-boom-into-long-term-local-prosperity/

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