AI Devalues Knowledge? Analyst Warns of Trillions in Consumer Debt at Risk
churchkey · x · 2026-08-02
Analyst Luke Gromen points out that knowledge workers globally have taken on mortgages and car loans based on the long-standing assumption that the value of their knowledge will always rise. However, as AI model capabilities rapidly spread and usage costs plummet, a drop in the real value of human knowledge could put trillions of dollars of consumer debt at risk of default.
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