What Happens If AI Fails?, Subprime Data Center Crisis, How Bad Can SpaceX Get?
Big Technology Podcast
19 HOURS AGO
What Happens If AI Fails?, Subprime Data Center Crisis, How Bad Can SpaceX Get?
What Happens If AI Fails?, Subprime Data Center Crisis, How Bad Can SpaceX Get?

Big Technology Podcast
19 HOURS AGO
Shownote
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Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Could trouble for AI stocks lead to a recession or worse? 2) How the wealth effect might slow consumer spending if AI causes a stock market pullback 3) One scen...
Highlights
Highlights
This podcast episode delves into the mounting financial anxieties surrounding the artificial intelligence boom, exploring the potential for a significant market correction and even a recession if the massive investments in AI fail to deliver expected returns. The discussion critically examines the sustainability of Big Tech's capital expenditure, the opaque debt financing the data center buildout, and the broader economic implications of a possible AI-driven downturn.
Chapters
Chapters
Could a Collapse in AI Stocks Trigger a Recession?
00:00Why the Market is Losing Patience with Big Tech's Blank Check for AI
09:11The Subprime Data Center Crisis: A $500 Billion Debt Bomb Waiting to Explode?
26:12SpaceX's Stock Plunge and the Question of a Tesla Merger
48:19Transcript
Transcript
Alex Kantrowitz: If the AI build-out stumbles, does the rest of the economy go with it? Is the data center build-out a ticking time bomb? And will SpaceX and Tesla merge? We'll cover it all on a Big Technology Podcast Friday edition right after this. In th...
