The AI bubble isn't like the internet bubble

# Summary The article argues that today's AI bubble differs fundamentally from the internet bubble because AI is being force-fed to workers rather than naturally adopted like web tools were. Drawing on the history of Lotus Notes, the author explains how early internet tools represented a negotiation between IT departments seeking control and workers seeking the flexibility needed to do their jobs effectively—a tension that ultimately cannot be fully resolved since true compliance requires limiting worker agency, which paradoxically prevents them from achieving business goals.