Ask HN: Is the rise of AI tools going to be the next 'dot com' bust?

8 Dicey84 4 8/13/2025, 9:02:17 AM
For context, attended an Australian based tech expo / conference recently and whilst at the show (I’m sure there were marginally more) only two exhibitors didn’t have the term AI or Agent in there pitch or stand marketing..

And for reference, the two companies that stood out for non-AI capabilities made monitor stands.

This got me dwelling back into the post title, is this influx of AI tools going to be sustainable, or is there going to be an impending crash leaving only the ‘best and brightest’ on the other side?

Comments (4)

kbrkbr · 3m ago
I find LLMs incredibly useful for some very specific cases: summarizing text for example. Even dialogues to learn something.

Now there are n use cases (10 <= n <= 50?). There is no real moat.

What we don't know is, if there will be significant advances, and how useful they will be. But we also don't know that for any other area.

What we do know however is that breakthroughs are rare.

Everybody is now in the hype train. AI here, AI there. I find most of it just annoying.

My guess is this that a reckoning is more probable than the new super feature.

mtlmtlmtlmtl · 1h ago
Yes.
Tony_Delco · 46m ago
With AI, the question isn’t if there’s going to be a bubble… it’s which startups will still be alive when it bursts. Good luck with that.
theandrewbailey · 1h ago
Maybe someone should make AI-infused monitor stands.

/s maybe