Trillion Dollar AI Hype Is Just Tech Groundhog Day
Tech Field Day, Wednesday, June 17th, 2026
A Tech Field Day podcast panel argues today's trillion-dollar AI hype is history repeating past tech cycles.
In this Tech Field Day podcast episode, host Stephen Foskett is joined by Jim Czuprynski, Kate Scarcella, and Jeff Ello to debate the explosive world of AI hype. They compare the current generative AI boom to past tech cycles like the dot-com era and early cloud computing.
The panel breaks down the brutal financial realities of a trillion-dollar AI infrastructure investment and the truth behind large language models versus traditional machine learning. The central premise is that the massive promises surrounding AI are simply history repeating itself.