Do not mistake a resilient global economy for populist success

Re:Do not mistake a resilient global economy for populist su... by p0pularopinion on Friday January 09, 2026 @04:01AM (#46551596)

There are a few noticeable differences between housing as an asset and AI datacenters. Beyond the obvious difference that a house has a depreciation in the order of decades, whereas AI GPUs are a few years.

Then there is the fact that housing is a fundamental human need whereas AI, as frequently demonstrated, isn‘t even a want by many people.

I am not saying that AI cannot demonstrate todays value 20 years into the future. But there is zero reason to believe the short to medium term payoffs on AI investment will be proportional to the investment we‘ve seen over the past few years

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Re:Do not mistake a resilient global economy for populist su... by p-e-w on Friday January 09, 2026 @04:46AM (#46551936)

> a house has a depreciation in the order of decades, whereas AI GPUs are a few years.

That’s no longer true for datacenter-class GPUs. The A100 came out six years ago, and it still sells for $15k+, with no meaningful drop in the foreseeable future.

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