Data centers are the real paperclips and the global bond market is the steel
m2saxon · x · 2026-10-20
A sharp one-liner making the rounds in AI circles: riffing on the paperclip maximizer thought experiment, the author suggests data centers are the real-world paperclips and the global bond market is the steel—implying the debt-funded AI infrastructure buildout is quietly consuming the bond market.
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