I’m not sure if the whole AI thing is falling apart, but we are definitely in a phase where the hype doesn’t match what we are seeing in the real world. The common narrative around AI and productivity is that AI automates mundane tasks, making us faster at doing things and giving us more time for creative pursuits. If AI helps you complete tasks faster, but those tasks generate more work, are you being more productive? When companies have invested hundreds of billions of dollars in AI infrastructure, small productivity gains are going to leave them holding a huge bag. I fear that is not going to end well if world-changing AI productivity doesn’t happen, and I fear what kind of world we’re creating for workers if it does.