AI’s economic forecasts are split by nearly a quadrillion dollars by 2035
bittingthembits · x · 2026-07-22
- The post argues that forecasts for AI’s economic impact are wildly spread out, from almost no growth effect to explosive gains worth nearly a quadrillion dollars in output by 2035.
- It says that gap reflects how uncertain the technology’s ceiling still is, with skeptics citing regulation and slow adoption while optimists expect AI to climb the task ladder and eventually automate innovation itself.
- The author’s conclusion is an investment thesis for $TAO: don’t bet on one lab or one model, but on an open market where intelligence, compute, data and agents compete.
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