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10. Yeah, I've noticed there are still quite a few sites ending in ".com"

Reply to GreatGazoo (Reply #7)

Mon Dec 29, 2025, 03:22 AM

7 hrs ago

AI is still at the take-off stage. If there is a bubble it might be more accurate to call it a Large Language Model (LLM) bubble. The energy problem is real though.

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