WAIC Hype Peaks: 351 Debut Products and $2.8B Intentions Signal Bubble Growth

351 global debuts, 20 billion RMB in intended procurement value, 100,000 square meters of exhibition space, and 4,486 exhibits. These numbers stacked together certainly look intimidating. But if you've been grinding in the AI industry for more than three years, you'll catch a whiff of that familiar recipe—the old combination of capital frenzy, media hype, and political achievement projects. As an engineer who lived through the last AI bubble, what I see isn't a technical breakthrough, but yet another overheating signal.