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Plain English with Derek Thompson

The AI Story Wall Street Doesn't Want to Hear

Oct 23, 2026 · 46 min

The answer to whether AI is a bubble comes down to supply and demand. Is there enough demand to justify the enormous investment in chips and data centers? If businesses keep paying more for AI every year, the debt is manageable and the buildout will look visionary. If they don't, today's AI chips could be like trains built to serve towns that never materialized. In a follow-up to Tuesday's episod…