WATCH | A financial historian’s warning about the AI boom

27 November 2024 - 09:00 By Reuters
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Artificial intelligence hopes have unleashed an investment frenzy, propelling chip giant Nvidia’s value to $3.5 trillion.

Mathematician Andrew Odlyzko explores parallels with the 1990s dot-com bubble and Britain’s railway mania of the 1840s.


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