Analysis: The AI investment bubble may be larger than dot-com, with taxpayers likely bearing the cost of a collapse

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The article argues that the AI industry, specifically frontier-model companies like OpenAI and Anthropic, has created an economic bubble larger than the dot-com era in terms of capital expenditure as a share of GDP. The author contends that these companies have become "too big to fail," with bipartisan political support ensuring government bailouts if the bubble bursts. Unlike the dot-com crash where losses were privatized, the author warns that when this AI bubble collapses, losses will be socialized (taxpayers foot the bill) while executives and investors walk away wealthy. The piece highlights that hyperscalers are on track to spend ~$700 billion in 2026 alone, and that the political establishment in Washington uniformly supports propping up American AI regardless of party lines.

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