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95% of Companies See 'Zero Return' on $30B Generative AI Spend

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418 points speckx | 1 comments | 21 Aug 25 15:36 UTC | HN request time: 0.203s | source
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JCM9 ◴[21 Aug 25 16:22 UTC] No.44974621[source]▶
We are entering the “Trough of disillusionment.” These hype cycles are very predictable. GPT-5 being panned as a disappointment after endless hype may go down as GenAI’s “jump the shark” moment.

It’s all fun and games until the bean counters start asking for evidence of return on investment. GenAI folks better buckle up. Bumps ahead. The smart folks are already quietly preparing for a shift to ride the next hype wave up while others ride this train to the trough’s bottom.

Cue a bunch of increasingly desperate puff PR trying to show this stuff returns value.

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1. chriskanan ◴[21 Aug 25 17:26 UTC] No.44975547[source]▶
Sam Altman way oversold GPT-5's capabilities, in that it doesn't feel like a big leap in capability from a user's perspective; however, the a idea of a trainable dynamic router enabling them to run inference using a lot less compute (in aggregate) to me seems like a major win. Just not necessarily a win for the user (a win for the electric grid and making OpenAI's models more cost competitive).