A financial historian’s warning about the AI boom: podcast
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By Peter Thal Larsen
LONDON, Nov 26 (Reuters Breakingviews) -Follow on Apple or Spotify. Listen on the Reuters app. Read the episode transcript.
Artificial intelligence hopes have unleashed an investment frenzy, propelling chip giant Nvidia’s value to $3.5 trln. In this episode of The Big View podcast, mathematician Andrew Odlyzko explores parallels with the 1990s dotcom bubble and Britain’s railway mania of the 1840s.
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