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A recent AI conference became an unexpected forum for financial speculation, with attendees reportedly surveyed about which AI startups they believe are ripe for shorting. The informal poll, highlighted in a Reddit post [https://old.reddit.com/r/artificial/comments/1oyq03p/at_an_ai_conference_attendees_were_asked_which/], suggests a growing level of skepticism and perhaps even bearish sentiment surrounding certain segments of the AI startup ecosystem.