There is no AI economy. It loses hundreds of billions of dollars and all gains are in speculative valuation. The only one making a profit is Nvidia, and it doesn’t make anything. It resells Taiwanese chips to companies that use them to lose money.
Derek Thompson
Derek Thompson7.8. klo 22.08
New newsletter: The US economy is splitting in two. There’s a rip-roaring AI economy. And there’s a lackluster consumer economy. - Macro: Last quarter, spending on AI outpaced the growth in consumer spending - Stocks: In the last two years, ~60% of equity returns have come from “AI-related” companies, esp the hyperscalers like Microsoft and Meta (per JPM) - Micro: According to Stripe, firms on the platform that self-describe as “AI companies” are dominating revenue growt, far surpassing the growth rate of any other group
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