The AI bubble isn't like the internet bubble
The article discusses the differences between the current AI bubble and the internet bubble of the past. It highlights how workers have historically circumvented IT restrictions to use better tools for their jobs. The piece emphasizes the ongoing tension between IT departments and employees regarding technology use in the workplace.
- ▪The AI bubble is characterized by a more organic adoption of technology compared to the forced integration seen during the internet bubble.
- ▪Workers often bypass IT restrictions to utilize more effective tools, creating friction between employees and IT departments.
- ▪The article argues that IT departments face a fundamental conflict in balancing control and enabling worker productivity.
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| Original publisher | Pluralistic |
| Canonical URL | https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/26/the-ai-will-continue/#until-morale-improves |
| Publication time | Tue, 26 May 2026 10:37:15 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-05-26T10:47:48.333Z |
| Last seen | 2026-05-26T10:47:48.333Z |
| Headline source | Publisher (no WeSearch rewrite) |
| Excerpt source | publisher body |
| Excerpt method | First ~120 words (~800 chars) of extracted publisher body, fair-use limited. |
| Summary | WeSearch · cerebras-chat (WeSearch summarizer) |
| Summary source text | contentText |
| Citation coverage | Summary is a WeSearch-generated derivative; primary citation is the original publisher URL. |
| Cluster | yq4CMS254AZR |
| Cluster logic | Grouped by semantic title/content similarity across sources within a rolling window. Same-publisher template collisions are excluded from coverage comparison. |
| Ranking reason | Story pages are not engagement-ranked. Hub feeds use recency, with optional source-diversified chronological ordering (cap consecutive stories per source). No personalized ranking. |
| Publisher visit | Yes — open original |
| Substitutes article? | No — link-out required for full text |
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| Indexing | May the item be indexed (stored, ranked, made findable)? | Allowed |
| Snippet | May a short excerpt of the publisher's text be shown? | Allowed |
| AI summary | May WeSearch generate its own short summary of the article? | Limited |
| Retrieval / RAG | May the content be exposed for third-party retrieval-augmented generation? | Not asserted |
| Model training | May the content be used to train AI models? | Not asserted |
| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
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Pluralistic: The AI bubble isn't like the internet bubble (26 May 2026) Today's links The AI bubble isn't like the internet bubble: No one had to force-feed the web to workers. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Website graveyard; Anti-librarian witch-hunt; Denmark v Marmite; The unnecessariat. Upcoming appearances: London, Kansas City, LA, Menlo Park, Toronto, NYC, Edinburgh. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest books: You keep readin' em, I'll keep writin' 'em. Upcoming books: Like I said, I'll keep writin' 'em. Colophon: All the rest.
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