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25. "others success"? There is no success to profit from in AI.

Thu Jun 4, 2026, 12:04 PM

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AI is popular only because it's been massively subsidized by suckers. The data centers they're building will never pay for themselves. That's the key difference between true investment and a ponzi bubble.

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longshot prediction: the AI bubble gets popped this month by the SpaceX IPO, so get out NOW [View all] paulkienitz Yesterday OP

Sold my last 3 stocks. Moved money to a multigraincracker Yesterday #1

You may be right edhopper Yesterday #2

If the Democrats win back Congress this fall I predict a stock market correction. yardwork Yesterday #4

Trump will still be President edhopper Yesterday #22

There are no crashes anymore. Market is rigged and irrational GreatGazoo Yesterday #3

That kind of rigging can't hold forever paulkienitz Yesterday #11

and yet here we are GreatGazoo Yesterday #15

Something I think a lot of folks are missing are structural changes in the market. Happy Hoosier 6 hrs ago #43

Have had similar thoughts GreatGazoo 6 hrs ago #44

Yeah, lots of folks specualte about that kind of stuff... Happy Hoosier 6 hrs ago #45

The issue is how many times have we been told to leave the market? Melon Yesterday #5

Yeah, that's where I am ITAL Yesterday #8

It took six years to recover edhopper Yesterday #23

Six years isn't that long for me ITAL Yesterday #24

Or get out now and edhopper Yesterday #28

Preferably you are cost averaging. Melon 21 hrs ago #32

There are other investments edhopper 20 hrs ago #33

If you took your money out in 2007 edhopper 7 hrs ago #40

No it's not "just as risky". paulkienitz Yesterday #9

Ill gotten ponzy...huh? You mean investment returns. Melon Yesterday #21

"others success"? There is no success to profit from in AI. paulkienitz Yesterday #25

Go read what Sam Altman is saying. Uber and Melon 21 hrs ago #31

That math doesn't math -- companies will not pay enough. paulkienitz 13 hrs ago #34

WSJ and Gallup did a story looking at how Democrat voters are losing money GreatGazoo Yesterday #16

"Democratic." The adjective form is "Democratic." ColoringFool Yesterday #17

I could have put a hyphen in there but noun GreatGazoo Yesterday #20

No Johnny2X2X Yesterday #6

I've heard that song before. paulkienitz Yesterday #10

We've been waiting decades for a bubble Johnny2X2X Yesterday #12

Index funds are like 50% AI bubble now. paulkienitz Yesterday #14

9 years ago when I joined DU, people were saying that Bitcoin would burst and go to near zero Polybius 13 hrs ago #36

Bitcoin will either sputter on for decades, or go almost instantaneously to zero at any time -- it's not predictable. paulkienitz 13 hrs ago #37

People are predicting the market is holding on Johonny Yesterday #7

I turned some investments into a newer and larger house CanonRay Yesterday #13

I'll just keep my NVIDIA,TYVM. ColoringFool Yesterday #18

Jensen Huang is pulling sooo many circular-financing fast ones... paulkienitz Yesterday #19

Heard the same shit from Thom Hartmann a few years back Ziggy Beans Yesterday #26

That same lie was told before the last two crashes. paulkienitz Yesterday #29

imho Fat gains should be pruned. Rotation is underway. bucolic_frolic Yesterday #27

Simple.... multigraincracker Yesterday #30

More apropos to the current situation, index funds do the opposite. paulkienitz 12 hrs ago #38

I think that's a terrible prediction Polybius 13 hrs ago #35

"doesnt crash anymore" paulkienitz 12 hrs ago #39

Lol imagine taking investment advive from a panicked, anonymous internet poster. BannonsLiver 7 hrs ago #41

Or not Happy Hoosier 7 hrs ago #42