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Warnings regarding slowing model progress or failed commercial implementations have repeatedly surfaced throughout recent tech cycles. Despite periodic skepticism, enterprise spending and model capabilities have continued to expand over multi year periods.

Despite recent pullbacks in semiconductor stocks and cloud infrastructure valuations, industry leaders dismissed assertions that the market is crashing. High demand for compute capacity remains strong as rental rates for GPU hardware continue to steadily rise.

Financial investor Michael Burry argued that leading AI labs are overstating potential existential risks posed by advanced software. Burry suggests these dramatic warnings serve primarily to generate publicity and valuation momentum ahead of planned public stock offerings.