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AI creates bubble on half-deflated bubble
The guest argued that massive capital expenditure in artificial intelligence has interrupted a necessary market correction, inflating a new bubble on top of a partially deflated one.
The argument
The guest argued that the 2022 bear market was cut short by the launch of ChatGPT, which triggered unprecedented CapEx that artificially prevented a US recession in 2023. He believes this has pushed the market into uncharted territory, where a new bubble is forming before the previous one could fully mean-revert.
The thesis, stress-tested
✓ What validates it
- ✓A sharp decline in AI-related capital expenditure by major technology firms
- ✓US GDP growth slowing significantly as AI CapEx tailwinds fade
▸ Risks discussed
- ▸Continued massive CapEx could extend the bubble's duration longer than historical precedents
- ▸AI productivity gains could permanently alter historical valuation trends