Re:How the AI bubble ate Y Combinator
by Terr_ on Tuesday September 30, 2025 @01:55PM
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Off-putting? I think skepticism over marketing-hype from workers in a field is how things are supposed to work, especially for a group that spends lots of time plotting things out looking for edge-cases and ways for it to fail.
I'd be far more disturbed by the opposite, where everybody on HN is expected to gush over the thing-du-jour.
As aptly-put for a prior hype-cycle:
> Tech Enthusiasts: "Everything in my house is wired to the Internet of Things! I control it all from my smartphone! My smart-house is bluetooth enabled and I can give it voice commands via Alexa! I love the future!"
> Programmers/Engineers: "The most recent piece of technology I own is a printer from 2004 and I keep a loaded gun ready to shoot it if it ever makes an unexpected noise."
I'd be far more disturbed by the opposite, where everybody on HN is expected to gush over the thing-du-jour.
As aptly-put for a prior hype-cycle:
> Tech Enthusiasts: "Everything in my house is wired to the Internet of Things! I control it all from my smartphone! My smart-house is bluetooth enabled and I can give it voice commands via Alexa! I love the future!"
> Programmers/Engineers: "The most recent piece of technology I own is a printer from 2004 and I keep a loaded gun ready to shoot it if it ever makes an unexpected noise."