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Hello, I'm Ed Zittron and this of course is Better Offline

Welcome to the second part of our four-part series where I give you my most comprehensive,

most up-to-day explanation of why we're in a bubble and what that even means.

The reason why I'm taking my time to be descriptive and comprehensive is because I want this

to make sense to those who listen to it.

Having written hundreds of thousands of words this year about the AI bubble, so many of the

arguments I've made and the secrets I've exposed are contained in their own discreet little episode written hundreds of thousands of words this year about the AI bubble, so many of the arguments

I've made and the secrets I've exposed are contained in their own discreet little episodes or

newsletters. This is my series to consolidate all of the information I put out there in one place.

And I want to make it make sense to anyone who listens to him. I want anyone, even someone who

doesn't even know that much about AI, to listen

to the arguments I've been making for the past three years, to understand why things are dire and to feel the same alarm I'm feeling, or at least understand why I'm alarmed, because I don't like to tell you how you feel. Old school bit of feedback I got from a listener once, and I appreciate that to this day. Now today I'll make the case that generative AI's fundamental growth story is flawed and explain

why we're in the midst of an egregious bubble.

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