Not that surprising if you actually read about how these startups operate. Like the famous one where they didn’t foresee the limits of their (well-priced for the energy itself) power hookup and started running so many gas generators in the parking lot that the NAACP got involved over the pollution to surrounding black neighborhoods. Just the tip of the iceberg really. People trained to optimize have trouble handling systems with built-in contradictions & it’s impossible to will a skilled workforce into existence.

AI companies won’t go anywhere, just like VR, but at the same time the Metaverse is NOT FUCKIN REAL lol, and we will see a similar contraction of AI goals concocted to hypnotize investoids