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Bubble trouble: could the AI boom go pop? (economist.com)
3 points by 1vuio0pswjnm7 4 months ago | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments


People are chasing AI stocks like 'dogs chase cars' — and a crash looks certain, veteran investor Bill Smead says [0]

> Smead said the problem isn't whether AI companies realize the technology's potential benefits, but that "whatever success they might have has already been massively overcapitalized."

[0] https://www.businessinsider.com/ai-stocks-bubble-crash-smead...


if I ever listened to “veteran investors” I’d be broke now


When you consider the bill for electricity for the data centers, eventually they can't make a profit and will be shut down or shuttled. Then the bubble will pop.




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