{"id":687,"date":"2026-01-13T20:15:57","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T20:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ibvl.in\/index.php\/2026\/01\/13\/what-are-the-implications-if-the-ai-boom-turns-to-bust\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T20:15:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T20:15:57","slug":"what-are-the-implications-if-the-ai-boom-turns-to-bust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ibvl.in\/index.php\/2026\/01\/13\/what-are-the-implications-if-the-ai-boom-turns-to-bust\/","title":{"rendered":"What Are the Implications if the AI Boom Turns to Bust?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This episode considers whether today\u2019s massive AI investment boom reflects real economic fundamentals or an unsustainable bubble, and how a potential crash could reshape AI policy, public sentiment, and narratives about the future that are embraced and advanced not only by Silicon Valley billionaires, but also by politicians and governments.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m joined by three experts:<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Cummings, chief of staff at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research and coauthor of a recent New York Times opinion on the possibility of an AI bubble;<\/p>\n<p>Sarah West, co-director of the AI Now Institute and coauthor of a Wall Street Journal opinion, \u201cYou May Already Be Bailing Out the AI Business\u201d; and<\/p>\n<p>Brian Merchant, author of the newsletter Blood in the Machine, a journalist in residence at the AI Now Institute, and author of a recent piece in Wired on signals that suggest a bubble.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to the full podcast episode here.<\/p>\n<p>The post What Are the Implications if the AI Boom Turns to Bust? 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