{
  "id": 19258803,
  "title": "Dot-Com lessons for the AI bubble",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/dot-com-lessons-for-the-ai-bubble-19258803",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-11-10T01:22:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/opinion/20261110/dot-com-lessons-for-the-ai-bubble"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "London — The current artificial intelligence investment boom may very well prove to be a bubble, as numerous commentaries, social-media posts, and regulatory filings suggest. Fundamentals can be overlooked for only so long. Those who are too young to remember the dot-com crash of the early 2000s may find important lessons in that financial frenzy. The dot-com boom emerged from the early internet era, and I, as an engineer at the infrastructure level, remember the frantic, explosive, and inspiring atmosphere. Companies I worked for presented investor materials featuring images of mountain ranges, emphasizing that in 1848, similar opportunities were recognized before the technological revolution. The AI boom shares similarities with the dot-com boom, but without the fear of human extinction.",
  "summary": "LONDON — It is a truth universally acknowledged that transformative new technologies rewrite the rules of finance. Or so we are told in numerous commentaries, social-media posts, and regulatory filings relating to the current artificial intelligence (AI) investment boom, which may well prove to be a bubble. Fundamentals can be overlooked for only so long. For those too young to remember the…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}