Friday, October 10, 2025

AI Bubble – Good or Bad?


There’s no such thing as a ‘good’ bubble
https://www.reuters.com/commentary/breakingviews/theres-no-such-thing-good-bubble-2025-10-09/
Tech titans like Jeff Bezos argue the long-term benefits to society from artificial intelligence outweigh the losses investors may suffer from the current craze. Yet painful busts can do long-term damage. And the latest boom is more speculative than previous technology manias.
 
AI Can Transform the Economy and Still Be a Bubble
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-10-09/ai-bubble-can-transform-the-economy

Mass unemployment and the contradiction at the heart of the AI boom
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/10/08/mass-unemployment-contradiction-heart-ai-boom/
An economy without jobs will lack consumer demand for goods and services. 

Will A.I. Trap You in the “Permanent Underclass”?
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/will-ai-trap-you-in-the-permanent-underclass
An online joke reflects a sincere fear about how A.I. automation will upend the labor market and create a new norm of inequality.