Is There an A.I. Bubble? A Debate.

About this episode

The gargantuan bet on the future of A.I. is driving the U.S. stock market and economic growth. And the building of data centers is sucking up so many construction resources, it’s crowding out the construction of homes. The multitrillion-dollar question is: Will this bet pay off? Or is it a bubble, destined to burst and pull the economy down with it? Paul Kedrosky is a partner at SK Ventures, a fellow at M.I.T., and the author of a newsletter about A.I.. He thinks we’re very obviously in a bubble. Azeem Azhar is a technology entrepreneur and the author of the newsletter Exponential View. He has a more optimistic take. (The New York Times has sued OpenAI and Microsoft claiming copyright infringement. The companies have denied those claims.) This episode contains strong language. Mentioned: “Nobody Is Ready for the AI-Agent Flood” by John Herman “What is bigger than AI?” by Azeem Azhar Book Recommendations: “Middlemarch” by George Eliot “Liberty’s Dawn” by Emma Griffin “Insull” by Forrest McDonald “The Day the Universe Changed” by James Burke “Fathers and Sons” by Ivan Turgenev “Candide” by Voltaire Thoughts? Guest suggestions? Email us at ezrakleinshow@nytimes.com. Y