Mark Zuckerberg joins Sam Altman in acknowledging the unsustainability of AI: “A bubble is a possibility”

Artificial intelligence has become one of the most prominent topics in recent years. It is already embedded in the daily lives of millions, pushing companies worldwide to compete fiercely to deliver the most advanced and comprehensive AI systems. But is this race entirely positive? Leading figures in the tech industry are not so sure—among them, Mark Zuckerberg.

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI—the company that revolutionized artificial intelligence with ChatGPT—has even suggested that an AI bubble is forming, fueled by uncontrolled investment. As he put it, “When bubbles happen, smart people get excited about a small kernel of truth. If you look at most bubbles in history, like the tech bubble, there was something real. Technology was really important. The internet was a big deal. People got overexcited.”

Zuckerberg shares a similar perspective, acknowledging that “there’s definitely a possibility, at least empirically, based on large infrastructure expansions in the past and how they led to bubbles, that something could happen here.”

Both envision the possibility that today’s AI frenzy could eventually burst. Yet Zuckerberg has also noted that “maybe there won’t be a collapse.” If AI models continue improving year after year, and demand keeps growing, the technology may well sustain its momentum.

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