Future-Proofing AI: Repeating Mistakes or Learning From the Past?

In the heart of Silicon Valley, tech titans are unleashing an unprecedented $320 billion AI infrastructure spending spree for 2025 alone. Amazon’s planned $100 billion capital expenditure represents a dramatic leap from its $77 billion investment last year. Meanwhile, Microsoft, Google and Meta are collectively boosting their infrastructure investments by 30% compared to 2024. We’ve seen this movie before — and it doesn’t always have a happy ending.

As a 25-year-old self-taught software engineer who has immersed myself in the…