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Azeem Azhar

Technology entrepreneur; creator, Exponential View

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“There is not an overbuild yet. There is vast vast undersupply of the compute needed for AI.”
Is There an A.I. Bubble? A Debate.The Ezra Klein Show, October 16, 2026. Speaking as: Other. Azhar explains the indicators tracked by the Exponential View dashboard and why the outlook is more optimistic.
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“I don't think self-regulation works and I would agree that we will need to find whether it's local, national, or international real rules about about how these systems work and the harms and the damages that they might cause.”
Is There an A.I. Bubble? A Debate.The Ezra Klein Show, October 16, 2026. Speaking as: Other. Azhar responds on regulation risk, arguing AI companies' profits leave room for them to bear the costs of rules.
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  1. PodcastThe Ezra Klein ShowSpeaks

    Is There an A.I. Bubble? A Debate.

    In a debate hosted by Ezra Klein, Paul Kedrosky argues AI investment is a debt-fuelled bubble whose failure would spread through the economy, while Azeem Azhar argues demand for compute is still real and outstrips supply. Both expect regulation; Kedrosky predicts it will come only after a damaging event, and Azhar says self-regulation does not work.