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| Trillions of dollars are being poured into artificial intelligence. Our deputy editor, Tom Standage and our AI writer, Alex Hern, ask whether investors’ big bet might make sense. Click the link to watch this week’s show and find out what could happen if the AI stockmarket blows up. https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/09/07/what-if-the-ai-stockmarket-blows-up |
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