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Comment by matwood

> In an uncontrolled scenario the AI bubble bursts and takes the whole economy with it.

How is the whole economy exposed to AI? Will Anthropic or SpaceX cratering threaten the entire financial system? NVDA will certainly correct, which is probably the biggest risk to the market, but then what? All the FCF being spent by Google, Amazon, MS, Meta, etc... will suddenly start flowing to dividends and stock buybacks again. It's not like their core business is selling AI. Apple will be able to get cheap RAM/chips again while also keeping their recently increased prices.

I could see an argument that the economy is currently being propped up by the hope of AI productivity gains, but that seems spurious.

EDIT

A comment above mentioned oil, and thus the inflation coming with prolonged high prices. That's way more of a concern than anything happening in AI.

parent matwood 3 months ago

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