By Stephen Wright
Publication Date: 2025-11-16 08:26:00
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Stock market crashes are notoriously difficult to predict. So I tried asking the latest version of ChatGPT if I should be worried about a bubble in artificial intelligence (AI) stocks.
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, says GPT-5 is meant to be like speaking to a PhD-level expert. But the answer I received was similar to what I would expect from freshmen.
What ChatGPT said
ChatGPT simply gave me a list of potential AI risks, including weak returns and stricter regulations. But in terms of a crash, it just said that the threat exists “sensible” – whatever that means.
That wasn’t much help. But it helped me assess the likelihood of various scenarios – including a slight correction, a moderate decline and a severe crash – which sounded better.
However, it turned out that these were statistics about the frequency of each of these events in the past. And it concluded that the most likely outcome is a…
