AI Investment Is Only 1-2% of GDP, Too Small to Crash the Economy, Argues Researcher
kuza55 · x · 2026-10-11
- Responding to AI bubble concerns (addressed to Joshua Saxe), kuza55 argues AI is not large enough to crash the economy.
- Total real investment in AI, including data centers, amounts to only 1-2% of GDP, and it won't go to zero.
- For comparison, the Global Financial Crisis saw a 4.3% GDP reduction in housing construction alone.
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