Why AI Has No ROI with Paul Kedrosky

Why AI Has No ROI with Paul Kedrosky

From Better Offline by Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts

June 3, 2026 · 47 min

About this episode

Ed Zitron interviews economist Paul Kedrosky about the challenges of finding ROI in AI and the current state of AI data centers.

In this week’s Better Offline, Ed Zitron is joined by economist Paul Kedrosky to talk about why nobody can find the ROI of AI, why there won’t be a Dot Com Bubble-style recovery for AI data centers, and how Google’s $80bn equity sale shows we’re at the top. https://paulkedrosky.com/ The Nick, Dick and Paul Show:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFbDiETo29GTIjg6Lk4imig Save $10 off a year of my premium newsletter: https://edzitronswheresyouredatghostio.outpost.pub/public/promo-subscription/gzqwkv54e1 - I’d be so grateful! YOU CAN NOW BUY BETTER OFFLINE MERCH! Go to https://cottonbureau.com/people/better-offline and use code  FREE99 for free shipping on orders of $99 or more. Buy our new “FUCK DATA CENTERS” shirts today! --- LINKS: https://www.tinyurl.com/betterofflinelinks Newsletter: https://www.wheresyoured.at/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/BetterOffline/   Discord: chat.wheresyoured.at Ed's Socials: https://twitter.com/edzitron https://www.instagram.com/edzitron https://bsky.app/profile/edzitron.com https://www.threads.net/@edzitron Email Me: ez@betteroffline.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Ed Zitron

Guest: Paul Kedrosky

Topics covered

  • AI
  • economics
  • technology
  • data centers
  • investment

Keywords

  • AI
  • ROI
  • data centers
  • economics
  • Google
  • investment
  • technology

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Organizations: Google, Cool Zone Media, iHeartPodcasts, The Nick, Dick and Paul Show, Better Offline

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