Michael Burry Calls AI Slowdown a Self-Serving Hype: Is It Really About IPOs?
Michael Burry called the AI slowdown push self-serving, arguing that OpenAI and Anthropic executives gain directly from telling the public their own technology moves too fast.
The Big Short investor posted the criticism early Monday, two days after Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published an essay urging the industry to pace itself.
Michael Burry Calls the AI Slowdown Hype and Puffery
Burry laid out four objections. He argued first that large language models (LLMs) are not artificial intelligence (AI) and will never reach artificial general intelligence (AGI). On that basis, he sees nothing real to slow.
Second, he said rivals are closing in fast, so a pause protects whoever leads today. Third, he read the safety warnings as promotional material for coming stock listings.
A company that calls itself dangerously powerful also calls itself valuable. Burry labelled that hype and puffery.
His fourth point went further. He suggested the AI slowdown talk covers growth that is already fading, just as the listings slip.
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