An inflatable Elon Musk balloon appeared in Times Square this week, courtesy of satirists with a pointed message. According to io9, the stunt serves as a visual critique of AI industry hype—literalizing the tech world's favorite metaphor. The point: something overinflated, buoyant, and perpetually vulnerable to being punctured.

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