The AI boom is causing shortages everywhere else

Re:The AI boom is causing shortages everywhere else by geysersam on Saturday February 07, 2026 @03:58PM (#46927933)

Doesn't have to go up. It's also fine if they replace other parts of the economy.

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Re:The AI boom is causing shortages everywhere else by johnvanommen on Saturday February 07, 2026 @05:46PM (#46929026)

exactly.

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Re:The AI boom is causing shortages everywhere else by mwwaters on Saturday February 07, 2026 @08:17PM (#46930338)

In the expenditures for the economy making up GDP, not a lot of it screams “AI-able.” Page 9 here breaks down GDP on expenditure basis.

https://www.bea.gov/sites/default/files/2026-01/gdp3q25-upda...

Given how much of the spending is hard goods and simply not AI-able (rent, most of housing new construction, most of other goods, most health care, much of other services), the replacement theory would require a massive displacement.

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