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The economy could survive a downtick in A.I.

Matthew Yglesias · 10 Sept 2026 · slowboring.com

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  1. Resources that are currently dedicated to A.I. would not otherwise sit idle.
  2. From an investment viewpoint, the opposite of the safetyist view is "it's all a bubble," not "A.I. is going to be really good."