The Billion-Dollar Illusion: Why Everyone’s Betting on AI — Even If It’s a Bubble

Every tech revolution starts with a dream — and ends with a reckoning.
Today’s AI boom looks unstoppable. Trillions in capital are chasing the same promise: whoever builds true Artificial General Intelligence first will own the next century of technology. But beneath the excitement lies an uncomfortable truth — bubbles don’t feel like bubbles until they burst.

This week’s episode of Inside Taiwan explores the paradox at the heart of the AI frenzy. Why are investors pouring billions into a market that even its own pioneers call a “bubble”? What will actually remain when the hype fades — and who will hold the power?

From Sam Altman’s secretive chip diplomacy in Taipei and Seoul to Beijing’s push for a self-reliant AI stack and Washington’s geopolitical chip lines, the race is evolving fast. Taiwan, meanwhile, is quietly building the scaffolding of this new world order — advanced packaging, data-center cooling, and the infrastructure that makes AI physically possible.

If the dot-com bust left us with the internet’s backbone, this AI wave might leave us with the foundations of the next industrial revolution — one powered not by oil or code, but by intelligence itself.
Listen to the full episode of Inside Taiwan to understand how power, politics, and profit are colliding in the world’s most valuable supply chain.

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