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While many observers find striking parallels between the current AI craze and the irrational exuberance of the dot-com era, others argue that the widespread public skepticism suggests we are experiencing a "wisdom of crowds" rather than a true mania. The debate largely hinges on whether the massive capital flight into GPUs and data centers represents a foundational infrastructure build-out or merely a temporary GDP boost fueled by "corporate puffery" and science-fiction fantasies. Ultimately, the community remains divided over whether AI will deliver transformative productivity gains or if it is a "digital abundance" that remains fundamentally limited by its inability to interface with the physical world.