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"Now to time the pop. For those of us old enough... GenXer here... the Y2K / Dot-bomb took about 1 year to fully flush out... from early 2000 to about spring / summer 2001."

"approximately 35 percent of all new websites are either AI-generated or AI-assisted. The same study also found that online writing is “increasingly sanitized and artificially cheerful.”"

"They reported this in a December 2025 survey conducted by the RAND Corporation's American Youth Panel."

"Analysts project that AI-driven automation could reduce operating costs by up to 20% for institutions that successfully operationalize it."

"What if we made an entirely new list that was all about AI? We got excited about that idea—and before we knew it we had the beginnings of what we’re calling 10 Things That Matter in AI Right Now."

"I think AI is absolutely one of the most important technologies of the next few decades, and it’s going to drive real economic growth"

"A single company, TSMC, fabricates almost every leading AI chip, making the global AI hardware supply chain dependent on one foundry in Taiwan."

"We are witnessing an unprecedented shift from purely reactive chatbots to proactive AI agents with reasoning capabilities — typically integrated with large language models (LLMs) or retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems."

"Tech valuations have compressed from 40x to 20x, and we are back at levels last seen before the AI boom began."

"I too am struggling with the term post agentic ai just posting here for further discussion."

"52.4% of people using Generative AI answered that they 'added new purchase candidates based on AI suggestions,' and furthermore, 55.3% answered that 'AI information influenced their final decision.'"

"What began as a tool for getting answers is gradually becoming something more participatory, where users aren’t just asking questions, but creating, experimenting, and engaging with the AI."

"Most people judging AI are using the wrong product. Here's why enterprise coding agents and consumer chatbots are different markets - and who wins each."

"Gen Z is increasingly disillusioned with AI - just not enough to stop using it."

"Target days: Monday to Saturday (Weekday routine) / Aim: Steadily turn the daily flow and minimum output into a stockpile."

"The data paint a picture of a generation that is neither wholly rejecting AI nor fully embracing it — including those who use it every day. This signals a growing credibility challenge that access alone will not solve."

"More than half of Gen Zers in the US use generative AI regularly."

"50% report using GenAI daily or weekly"

"I have researched a lot and was ready to begin learning, but I have heard that the field is already overcrowded. I want to know: Is Machine Learning still a good career choice in today’s job market?"

"The threat everyone keeps attributing to AI belongs more specifically to automation."

"The completed dashboard integrates six charts on one page: a radar chart of 10 AI buzzwords, bar graphs of corporate AI adoption rates, line graphs of market size, government budget trends, AI talent supply and demand, and startups."

"In 2026, machine learning is no longer just something you query. It is something that acts, often without waiting for permission."

"To elevate the organization's technological understanding, the goal of this activity is to design a habitual mechanism for 'accumulation of technological information' and 'opportunities for information contact'."

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"2026, the AI industry is entering the next phase after the 'Generative AI boom'."

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"A.I. can be a tool to produce amazing content or further democratize content creation, but it can also allow for the creation of lots of low-quality content."

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