AIOU: what if the AI boom busts?
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The Economist
4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 13 August 2024
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Corporate investment in artificial-intelligence infrastructure reaches $1.4trn by some estimates. We ask what might threaten the expected windfalls that justify the spending. A Japanese mine’s bid to be listed by UNESCO was made harder because it ignores South Korean wartime forced labour (10:49). And why a nicotine pouch has so many fans on America’s right (18:03).
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| 0:59.0 | The Economist. |
| 1:06.1 | Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. |
| 1:09.4 | I'm your host, Jason Palmer. |
| 1:11.3 | Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 1:20.2 | Deep within a gold mine on a northern Japanese island, historical tensions are being inflamed. |
| 1:26.8 | Japan would like the mine's traditional methods listed by UNESCO. |
| 1:30.3 | South Korea would like the contributions of its wartime slave labor acknowledged. |
| 1:35.3 | And there's a weird thing going on in America that mixes marketing, |
| 1:41.3 | pouches of nicotine, and the political right. |
| 1:45.0 | One brand, called Zinn, seems to be cleaning house, in part because it's got some serious |
| 1:50.0 | Zinfluencers doing their advertising for them. |
| 1:58.0 | But first... We spend a lot of time on this show talking about artificial intelligence, and we're not alone. |
| 2:12.2 | Artificial intelligence is reshaping American life, and that includes changing the investment landscape. |
| 2:17.8 | Private equity and venture capital firms are investing in the growing megatrend of artificial intelligence. |
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