AI Reality Check: The Collapse of the Open Web?
Exploring AI's power supply dilemma, investment bubble fears, system weaknesses, and content cannibalization!
4 little bits of Tech, that you might find interesting…
Good Morning and Happy Tuesday. This is issue 22 of The Tech Stop.
Exploring AI's power supply dilemma, investment bubble fears, system weaknesses, and content cannibalisation!
AI expansion is outpacing power supply. Britain faces grid bottlenecks; the US predicts a 75-gigawatt shortfall. Data-centre growth now depends on energy security. Without reliable, scalable power, AI projects will stall and costs will rise. More, More and More…
POV: Secure energy sources.
AI investment is looking like a bubble: AI is the biggest risk in the global economy. More and More…
POV: Limit exposure to hype-driven initiatives.
Top AI systems are showing critical weaknesses. True agentic AI is a decade away because of core cognitive deficits. More and More and More…
POV: Build hybrid human + AI workflows, and manage expectations transparently across the organisation.
AI search and summaries are cannibalising the open web. Wikipedia’s 8% traffic drop shows users no longer visit sources — information is scraped, not read. If creators stop publishing, the content powering AI will collapse, undermining accuracy, innovation, and trust. More and More…
POV: your company’s future knowledge, SEO reach, and AI capabilities all depend on a healthy, open web. Prepare for a world where owning and licensing trusted data is as valuable as owning compute.
And just for fun… I’d never come across this before, but I rather like it: Amazons.
"Amazons" are like queens in chess. On each turn, move an Amazon and fire a burning arrow from the new position to stop further movement. The winner is the one who isn’t trapped.
That’s all for this week folks, see you next Tuesday 🎉
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