# "The height of nonsense": Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison’s 1987 argument that not everything should be AI makes perfect sense in 2026

> In 1987, long before artificial intelligence became the mass-market obsession it is today, Computerworld convened a roundtable to discuss what was then a new and unsettled question: how AI might intersect with database…

- **Source:** [TechRadar](https://www.techradar.com/pro/the-height-of-nonsense-oracle-co-founder-larry-ellisons-1987-argument-that-not-everything-should-be-ai-makes-perfect-sense-in-2026?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=698882f635949f6a73032a62)
- **Published:** 2026-02-08
- **Category:** AI & Bots
- **Tags:** #ai #generative-ai #argument #ellison #founder #height #larry #makes
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