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AI capex is so big that it's affecting economic statistics

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338 points throw0101c | 1 comments | 18 Jul 25 19:59 UTC | HN request time: 0.204s | source
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jonas21 ◴[18 Jul 25 21:09 UTC] No.44609857[source]▶
I don't know... 1.2% of GDP just doesn't seem that extreme to me. Certainly nowhere near "eating the economy" level compared to other transformative technologies or programs like:

- Apollo program: 4%

- Railroads: 6% (mentioned by the author)

- Covid stimulus: 27%

- WW2 defense: 40%

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ivape[dead post] ◴[18 Jul 25 21:31 UTC] No.44610058[source]▶
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simianparrot ◴[18 Jul 25 21:35 UTC] No.44610094[source]▶
Please tell me this is satire. Surely you can’t honestly mean this, but these days with AI Poe’s law is way too strong.
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Sivart13 ◴[18 Jul 25 21:40 UTC] No.44610126[source]▶
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1. more_corn ◴[18 Jul 25 22:53 UTC] No.44610671[source]▶
LLMs don’t educate. They prevent learning in important ways by solving problems for us.