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usonian

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3. I read predictions daily in Hacker News, where lots of people have a big stake in this.

Reply to Lovie777 (Reply #2)

Mon Jul 6, 2026, 03:01 PM

Monday

Here's a link I got.
https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/06/29/how-the-ai-bubble-could-pop-and-take-down-the-global-economy-according-to-the-bis/5263793

Jobs trashed, jobs being called back ...

But the old "bottom line" demands return on investment, and I really don't see it except for very large operations (needing a large datacenter) like a Walmart or any number of government surveillance operations (a good reason to deepsix all of this issue).

Chip makers are the big winners, though sales may fall off a cliff (I remember the dot-com crash, vividly).

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