'Compute Is the New Oil': If Nations Buy American AI Outputs, the Dollar Is Backed by Compute
TinfoilTricorn · x · 2026-11-05
An argument that if every country must sell its currency to buy the outputs of American AI models, the dollar will be functionally backed by compute — a shift from Petrodollar to Silicodollar. A big-picture geopolitical-economics take on compute's emerging role, offered without empirical data.
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