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Re:Bezos says AI is in an industrial bubble by yeasku on Friday October 03, 2025 @06:12PM (#45468432)
In 2000 6% of the population had access to internet.

In 2002 I was woking making webs and setting up linux servers and I did not have internet at home.

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Re:Bezos says AI is in an industrial bubble by macNchz on Friday October 03, 2025 @06:26PM (#45468559)
This is pretty location specific—in the US 42% of households had home internet in 2000.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/189349/us-households-hom...

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Re:Bezos says AI is in an industrial bubble by yeasku on Friday October 03, 2025 @06:34PM (#45468618)
That web is not a good source.
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Re:Bezos says AI is in an industrial bubble by NicoJuicy on Friday October 03, 2025 @07:11PM (#45468855)
Yes it is.

Low Global Penetration: Only 361 million people had internet access worldwide in 2000, a small fraction of the global population. Specific Country Examples United States: The US had a significant portion of the world's internet users, making up 31.1% of all global users in 2000. Its penetration rate was 43.1%.

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