The point is, they did turn out, look at the internet today. Would anybody go back to the 80's and argue, it really isn't worth the investment? Amazon, don't bother, Cisco, forget about it.
Sure, but it seems like the anti-AI sentiment is that it is all completely worthless. The point is, there will be a lot of failures, but not some complete industry collapse where we enter another AI winter, so stop investing. There will be some winners.
There was investment in the internet pre-90's that built the infrastructure that allowed Amazon to exist. There were winners and losers. Maybe there were losers in the 80's and Amazon was a winner the in the 90's.
Because there were losers doesn't mean there should not have been any investment, which seems to be the argument against AI. That it costs a lot and not producing anything. When we can clearly see that the rush to invest is exactly to not be left behind and get to winning.
The point is, they did turn out, look at the internet today. Would anybody go back to the 80's and argue, it really isn't worth the investment? Amazon, don't bother, Cisco, forget about it.