The AI Bubble | Paul Kedrosky - Investor, Researcher, MIT Fellow

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The AI Bubble | Paul Kedrosky - Investor, Researcher, MIT Fellow

Humans in the Loop

Jun 23

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I sat down with Paul Kedrosky - investor, researcher and one of the smartest voices out there on the economics of AI and the risks of a bubble.

Here are a few of the questions we talked about:

What is a bubble?
Is AI a bubble?
How does it compare to past bubbles?
What would cause the bubble to burst?
Why should the average person care?
Will we see a bull market in laser tag in all the abandoned data centres?
What needs to be true for AI to NOT be a bubble?

More info about Paul

Paul Kedrosky is an investor, writer, and researcher. He has been a regular on-air contributor at CNBC and Bloomberg, and has written for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and publications around the world.

Paul started as an engineer, became a quota-carrying salesperson, then a technology equity analyst on Wall Street, and eventually a venture capitalist. He has started companies, held academic positions in the U.S. and Canada, has a popular newsletter, and is a research fellow at MIT's Institute for the Digital Economy. His Ph.D. research focused on risk, adoption, and path dependence in finance and technology.

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Chapters

00:00 The AI Bubble Debate

06:44 Understanding Bubbles and Their Characteristics

12:04 Historical Context: Railroads and AI

17:51 The Call Option on AI's Future

19:29 The Necessity of Bubbles for Progress

25:31 Consequences of Stranded Assets