AI Is a Multi-Decade Optimization Through Bits Cashing Out in Atoms
herbiebradley · x · 2026-10-15
herbiebradley argues AI is partly an economy-wide optimization process taking a multi-decade journey through the world of bits, hoping to cash out huge gains in the world of atoms — and many future growth sources will look similar. Cited advantages uniquely enabling US AI: deepest capital markets, byzantine financialization tools, and world-historical B2B SaaS levels.
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