The AI Bubble

Is AI the future — or are we watching the hype start to crack? In this episode of Real Ones and Robots, Casey and Jay unpack the real costs behind the AI boom: the electricity and water needed to run massive data centres, the companies laying people off and then realizing they still need human judgment, the stock market anxiety around an “AI bubble,” and Canada’s new AI strategy under Prime Minister Mark Carney. The conversation asks a simple question with no simple answer: is AI busting, or is it just getting real? Sources: United Nations University on AI’s energy and water footprint; Gartner on companies rehiring after AI-related cuts; Goldman Sachs on AI’s labour-market impact; Government of Canada / Prime Minister’s Office on the AI for All strategy. (unu.edu)