AI Hype Cycle: The Architectural Reality Beneath the Optimism
🛑 AI Hype Cycle A Timestamped Note of Caution: Learning from the Ghosts of Tech Hype Cycles AI feels unstoppable right now. But didn’t we say the same thing about the metaverse… blockchain… NFTs… IoT… big data… and the dot‑com boom? Each of these technologies had real potential. Some still do. But the hype around them often ran far ahead of architectural and economic reality. A few years ago, virtual storefronts and corporate digital islands weren’t treated as experiments — they were treated as strategic imperatives. Budgets were approved not because the tech was ready, but because FOMO drowned out operational truth. ...