What Stratchery Gets Wrong About The AI Bubble

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Learn to critically evaluate the AI bubble by understanding the differences between capability, deployment, and growth

intermediate Published 22 May 2026
Action Steps
  1. Read Ben Thompson's Agents Over Bubbles to understand the bull case for AI
  2. Analyze the differences between capability, deployment, and growth in the context of AI
  3. Evaluate the potential risks and downsides of the AI bubble
  4. Consider alternative perspectives on the AI bubble, such as the one presented in this article
  5. Apply critical thinking to separate hype from reality in AI investments and projects
Who Needs to Know This

Data scientists, AI engineers, and product managers can benefit from understanding the nuances of the AI bubble to make informed decisions about their projects and investments. This knowledge can help them separate hype from reality and identify potential pitfalls.

Key Insight

💡 The AI bubble's bull case often confuses deployment with growth and ignores potential downsides

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Key Takeaways

Learn to critically evaluate the AI bubble by understanding the differences between capability, deployment, and growth

Full Article

This is a direct response to Ben Thompson's Agents Over Bubbles, published a few weeks ago. Thompson is right about a lot of this: agents are powerful, enterprise deployment is real. The capability story is largely correct. His argument breaks where every late-cycle bull case breaks; it reads deployment as validation, redistributed spending as growth, and ugliness as someone else's problem. The bull case carried to its end is more pessimistic than its proponents acknowledge. The more capable age
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