Shekhar Kapur weighs in on the term AI Bubble: 'We’re in a Valuation Myth'

Mumbai: Filmmaker Shekhar Kapur shared his reaction to Former FTC Chair Lina Khan’s remark that we are in an “AI bubble".

Offering a deeper perspective on what’s actually driving today’s artificial intelligence narrative, Shekhar wrote on his X (Earlier known as Twitter) handle, “We are not going through an AI bubble. We are going though a manipulated valuation bubble. Valuation is a story that if told long enough becomes a myth (sic).”

The 'Mr India' maker further argued that AI itself is not the problem; it is the overinflated expectations and speculative capital surrounding it that are the real culprits.

Shekhar pointed out that, similar to the real estate boom, where homes rose to astronomical prices until they were no longer homes but assets trapped in a cycle of greed and collaps