A record share of unemployed Americans hold bachelor's degrees. Productivity is surging. Both facts are true at once, and a viral thought experiment from Citrini Research just showed what happens when
Lynn runs EdTech operations with a CFA in her pocket and fresh powder on her mind. From her Swiss mountain base, she skewers AI myths one story at a time. Author of Artificial Stupelligence. Freeskier. Professional bubble-burster.
OpenAI has 800 million users. Only 5% pay. The company is bleeding billions quarterly while chasing a subscriber base ten times larger than Netflix just to break even. Now ads look inevitable—and user trust hangs in the balance.
Media warnings about the AI bubble are growing louder. History shows these alarms usually arrive late, often after crashes begin. But cloud giants are absorbing AI startups into subscription ecosystems. This time looks different, less spectacular burst, more slow deflation.
Perplexity's Comet promised to tame email chaos. It drafted bland responses to critical messages and returned dead LinkedIn links. Not alone—AI agents keep failing basic tasks while investors cheer. Tests reveal systematic gaps between pitch and reality.
AI adoption stalls for lack of trained workers, not technology. While businesses wait for a manual that never arrives, China teaches AI skills from elementary school onward. The real gap isn't algorithms—it's who learns to work alongside them.
Think AI is replacing workers? The reality is more ironic: humans labor behind the scenes to build AI meant to replace them. The gap between hype and reality reveals uncomfortable truths about innovation, investment bubbles, and the actual human cost of chasing artificial intelligence dreams.
Coursera courses now live inside ChatGPT—world-class instructors summoned mid-conversation. No app switching, no browser tabs. EU users blocked by privacy laws while Wall Street bets big on AI-powered education. The learning shortcut arrived, but not for everyone.
AI trading agent Milo turned $200 into $494 in one day—a 147% gain. Was it skill or just pure luck? The crypto community is split: some see breakthrough AI, others see overhyped chatbots following scripts. The answer will help shape all of AI's future.
A 23-year-old ex-OpenAI researcher just raised $1.5B predicting AGI by 2027—with zero investment experience. History shows fever dreams burn billions while real breakthroughs start small. Are we watching the next Amazon or the next Theranos?
Switzerland's new open-source AI model Apertus tackles what kills 95% of AI projects: lack of transparency. Full visibility into code and training data promises to solve bias, compliance headaches, and corporate trust issues.
Switzerland just shipped a fully transparent AI model, trading ChatGPT-level performance for complete openness. Every line of code, training recipe, and data source is public—a radical bet that compliance beats capability in regulated markets.
Despite massive AI hype, 95% of enterprise projects deliver no real returns. The gap between promises and reality reveals hidden costs, workflow mismatches, and why human oversight remains surprisingly essential.
Gen Z flocks to blue-collar jobs as white-collar hiring plummets—but is AI really to blame? Switzerland's data suggests the real culprit might be our obsession with university degrees. The countries pushing everyone toward college show worse youth employment.
