Super Bowl Commercial Bubble Curse: AIs imitate Dot-Coms

Описание: #AI #SoftwareEngineering #TechBubble #SuperbOwl #DotCom #Coding #TechHistory
As AI companies spend tens of millions on Super Bowl ads while losing billions in revenue, the parallels to the January 2000 tech landscape are eerie.

00:00 – Stressful time to be in Software
00:26 – 2000 vs 2026: A Sense of Deja Vu
01:05 – 2000 Dot-Com SuperBowl Ads
02:19 – The Reality vs. Marketing Hype of AI
03:14 – From FTX to Atari: A Tradition of Desperate Marketing
03:43 – AI: the New Offshoring
04:54 – Better Tools Make More Interesting Projects
06:16 – Hang in there

// Sources:
// Software Engineer Mental Health Tweet:
https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/6/...
https://x.com/tomdale/status/20196403...

// Bubble.com memo and 2025 followup
https://www.oaktreecapital.com/docs/d...
https://www.oaktreecapital.com/insigh...
// 2000 DotCom Super Bowl Commercial List:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dot-com...
// AI Plateau
https://futurism.com/scientists-worri...
   • Ilya Sutskever – We're moving from the age...  
// Moltbook (Crazy AI Social Network) - Video on this coming soon
https://time.com/7364662/moltbook-ai-...
https://arstechnica.com/information-t...

// Past Superb Owl ads:
2000 Pets.com:    • If You Leave Me Now (Pets.com Super Bowl C...  
2000 ETrade Dancing Monkey    • ETrade - Monkey Super Bowl Ad  

2001: ETrade "Ghost Town":    • E Trade-2001 Super Bowl Commercial.  
2022: FTX:    • FTX Super Bowl  Don't miss out  with Larry...  
1984 Atari:    • Atari Home computer commercial  Superbowl ...  

// AI Revenue (or lack thereof) discussions:
https://www.wheresyoured.at/premium-h...
// How AI is (and isn't) like the DotCom bubble (Podcast Episodes):
   • AI Is Worse Than The Dot Com Bubble: Part ...  
   • AI Is Worse Than The Dot Com Bubble: Part ...  
   • AI Is Worse Than The Dot Com Bubble: Part ...  
   • AI Is Worse Than The Dot Com Bubble: Part ...