Economists surveyed by the Taipei Times expect the artificial intelligence boom to keep Taiwan's economy growing, while urging the island's exporters to spread their business across more markets. The dual message frames the commercial picture: AI demand is the engine today, and concentration is the risk tomorrow.

The argument rests on a simple mechanism. Taiwan's chipmakers and their suppliers sell the hardware that trains and runs AI models, and that demand has lifted orders across the island's technology supply chain. As long as AI investment continues, economists told the Taipei Times, Taiwan's growth has a firm floor under it.

Why does diversification matter if AI is booming?

The economists' warning follows from the same strength they praise. When most of an economy's momentum comes from one product cycle and a small set of customers, any slowdown in that cycle hits hard. Diversification — into new export markets and beyond the AI complex — would soften that shock.

The recommendation is about timing rather than panic. Economists generally argue that the right moment to widen a customer base is when orders are strong, not when they fade. Taiwan's exporters now have the earnings to fund that shift.

What does this mean for the chip supply chain?

For buyers of Taiwanese silicon, the economists' view implies continued supply reliability in the near term, since healthy revenue supports capacity investment. The longer-term question is different: if Taiwan's export economy broadens, the island's weighting in global chip supply may evolve alongside it.

Takeaway: AI demand supports Taiwan's growth for now, and economists want the island to use that strength to reduce its dependence on a single engine.

The forward view from the economists is that the AI boom has room to run, but the window for diversifying is open now and will not stay open indefinitely.