Jeff Bezos: AI Is a Bubble—Why That’s Good for Society
At Italian Tech Week in Turin on October 3, 2025, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said the AI boom is an “industrial bubble,” a phase where “every experiment gets funded… the good ideas and the bad ideas.” Yet he insists “AI is real” and “will change every industry.” This idea seems like a total contradiction. Bubbles are famous for wiping out fortunes, not for building progress. But Bezos is comparing this moment to powerful historical revolutions where the initial mania, despite its missteps, left behind world-changing technology. So what exactly is an “industrial bubble,” and can history prove him right? How will this frenzy separate the winners from the losers? And […]
