[zombot]

> principles like "solve a real problem" or "make something people want"

Those have been dead for at least a decade now, and AI was not the culprit. When you can sell useless stuff that nobody knew they wanted and still make ROI, why would you limit yourself?

The thing with AI is that there is no ROI (except for Nvidia) but when world dominance with total power is the putative reward, the gambling gets more reckless than ever before.