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16 charts that explain the AI boom
understandingai.org · 27 October 2025 · 14 min read
A post on understandingai.org, published 27 October 2025, is cited by 6 distinct blogs to date (corpus.blog, measured 13 October 2026).
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6blogs citing
| Period | Blogs | Links |
|---|---|---|
| All time | 6 | 6 |
| Last 90 days | 2 | 2 |
| Last 30 days | 1 | 1 |
| Last 7 days | 1 | 1 |
| First cited | 30 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|
| Latest citation | 10 Oct 2026 |
| Words blogs link it with | 5 |
| External links | 51 |
| Length | 3,075 |
0 this week (still settling) · peak 2
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| 21 Sept 2026 | 0 |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 0 (still settling) |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 1 (still settling) |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 0 (still settling) |
Each blog counts once, in the week of its first citation. A blog added to the index recently can bring old first citations in at once.
Who cited it
Cited by 6 blogs across 2 subjects: technology 4, business and economics 1, unclassified 1.
It crossed over: blogs in at least two subjects each make up 15% or more of its classified citers.
- Technology4
- Business and economics1
- Unclassified1
Words blogs link it with
The words blogs link this page with, by how many different blogs use them.
- kai williams gives us 16 charts that explain the ai boom2 blogs
- big tech ai capex surges to historic boom levels1 blog
- dwarfing the peak of the broadband, electricity, or interstate highway buildouts and vastly exceeding the manhattan or apollo projects1 blog
- higher1 blog
- noted1 blog
Cited by 6 blogs in 6 posts
One row per blog, the most recently citing first. Each shows the blog's newest citing post; open a row for the others.
Blog
Newest citing post
Date
dentro.de1 post
AI News - October 2026: Key Events & Releases - dentro.de/ai
linked as “Big tech AI capex surges to historic boom levels”
Read at dentro.de (opens in a new tab)10 Oct 2026
thefai.org1 post
23 Jul 2026
Apricitas Economics1 post
America's $1T AI Gamble
linked as “dwarfing the peak of the broadband, electricity, or interstate highway buildouts and vastly exceedin…”
Read at apricitas.io (opens in a new tab)10 Feb 2026
derekthompson.org1 post
How to Sound Like an Expert in Any AI Bubble Debate
linked as “noted”
Read at derekthompson.org (opens in a new tab)25 Nov 2025
The Zvi1 post
AI #140: Trying To Hold The Line
linked as “Kai Williams gives us 16 charts that explain the AI boom”
Read at thezvi.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)30 Oct 2025
AI #140: Trying To Hold The Line
linked as “Kai Williams gives us 16 charts that explain the AI boom”
Read at thezvi.substack.com (opens in a new tab)30 Oct 2025
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