Saying that AI will drive the future GDP is a very different thing from saying an economy relies on the stock price of a few AI companies.
replyOkay but political leadership of the US are literally are staking the future of GDP on exactly those few AI companies... $1.4trillion so far while universal childcare would only cost $40 billion a year.
replyIt's a sick joke.
> political leadership of the US are literally are staking the future of GDP on exactly those few AI companies... $1.4trillion so far
replyCan you explain where you get that number from?
The information I have:
a) The government took a nearly $9 billion stake in Intel to support its chip-making efforts.
b) The Pentagon took a $400 million equity stake in MP Materials, a rare-earth miner.
c) Sam Altman has advocated that the US government take equity stakes in AI companies. Sen Bernie Sanders wants the US government to take 50% stake in AI companies! Nothing has come of it though.
d) Defense department AI contract value rose to $90.7B in 2026.
So I'm super curious where you pulled that $1.4T number from.