Leading candidates For AI bust
Below are the names most likely to become future shorthand for the end of the AI boom of the 2020s. These are names that match the psychology, economics and symbolism of the moment.
The primary contender
Great Ai Pop
This is the most likely winner. It’s short, simple and clearly mirrors historical naming conventions, such as the Great Depression. It works across all media formats and accommodates both mild and severe corrections.
First AI bust
This name acknowledges that AI is not going away. This shows that this is only the first cycle in a long century of AI evolution. Economists and historians may prefer this term.
Ai Money Malfunction
The name strikes the exact emotional tone of a financial system behaving like a petty game. It fits into a world where demand was mispronounced, capex was overbuilt, and ROI never matched the slide deck.
The names are tied Hardware and Infrastructure
gpugeddon
That name ends if the story turns out to be one of GPUs growing spindles, obsolescence shocks, or cheaper competitors reducing the hardware’s economics. It’s a media-friendly name with instant MEME value.
Egdon
Another dramatic, all-encompassing label if the crash moves beyond tech into the broader economy.
Oh, the snowflakes
This is the name if the elimination happens quickly. This means a chain reaction. This fits a scenario like the one triggered by Pichai’s warning where indices across continents fall within hours of each other. If speed becomes the defining characteristic, this name wins.
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The Great Reaper Extinction
If hundreds of these thin GPT-based tool companies disappear overnight, the name becomes dominant. It frames the accident as shallow product cleaning.
The first agent of mass extinction
This designation applies when the enterprise agent deployment proves to be unreliable, insecure, or invulnerable. If companies shut down their agent teams, this name will be everywhere.
Names are tied to wider Historical Memoir
Second AI winter
This term itself makes headlines if it causes recession:
The name is powerful because it frames the accident as a repetition of an earlier era. It’s especially moving because this time, people thought the AI was finally unstoppable.