The Global AI Bust: What Will Survive When the Boom Ends
ForeignAffairsMag · reddit · 2026-10-14
In Foreign Affairs, Ruchir Sharma argues AI investment now rivals history's biggest bubbles, with capital concentrated in a few giants while revenues lag far behind. Drawing on railway and telecom bubble precedents — infrastructure survives, speculators don't — he examines which AI applications and business models might endure after the bust.
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