Exclusive eBook: The great Al hype correction of 2025

Exclusive eBook: The great Al hype correction of 2025
This ebook is available only for subscribers. 2025 was a year of reckoning, including how the heads of the top AI companies made promises they couldn’t keep.

This ebook is available only for subscribers.

2025 was a year of reckoning, including how the heads of the top AI companies made promises they couldn’t keep. In this exclusive subscriber-only eBook, you'll learn more about why we may need to readjust our expectations.

This story is part of the Hype Correction package.

by Will Douglas Heaven December 15, 2025

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Table of Contents:

  • LLMs are not everything
  • AI is not a quick fix to all your problems
  • Are we in a bubble? (If so, what kind of bubble?)
  • ChatGPT was not the beginning, and it won’t be the end

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