Beating the AI Doom Cycle

NLW introduces the AI Doom Cycle, the emotional arc that moves from skepticism through AI mania and job-loss panic to a more grounded view of AI's real impact. The episode covers Ken Griffin's AI reversal, Silicon Valley's doom psychology, commencement backlash, Meta layoffs, token pricing, and enterprise friction, along with insights from Jensen Huang and Sam Altman. NLW argues that the most productive AI conversations happen when panic gives way to specificity, constraints, and agency. The episode uses these examples to show how the cycle plays out and how listeners can navigate it.