I'd say the problem is that the fiat currency keeps inflating and thus decreasing in value day-by-day, while AI does not bring that much productivity gain compared to last few decades.
Internet boom does substantially decrease communication cost and bring more people together, making much more liquidity. AI, meanwhile, is not only not flawless (and sometimes fatal, see some horror stories of LLM here in HN doing an oopsie deleting production database and do nothing about recovery), but also a costy beast that only corporations or rich individuals could own, in other words, most people can "download" the "means of production", but not totally use and own it.
And the biggest problem for AI, still, that compared to Internet, is that AI does not make you that much gain in productivity. Back when we are in the office we use pen and paper, now we use Word or LibreOffice depending on where you are, and PC is therefore a must. Now I don't think AI is going to be a must, and they are still shoveling NPU that would end up being a waste in silicon space, if not vaporware.
Internet boom does substantially decrease communication cost and bring more people together, making much more liquidity. AI, meanwhile, is not only not flawless (and sometimes fatal, see some horror stories of LLM here in HN doing an oopsie deleting production database and do nothing about recovery), but also a costy beast that only corporations or rich individuals could own, in other words, most people can "download" the "means of production", but not totally use and own it.
And the biggest problem for AI, still, that compared to Internet, is that AI does not make you that much gain in productivity. Back when we are in the office we use pen and paper, now we use Word or LibreOffice depending on where you are, and PC is therefore a must. Now I don't think AI is going to be a must, and they are still shoveling NPU that would end up being a waste in silicon space, if not vaporware.