The AI bubble and the global polycrisis @PivotToAI
The AI bubble and the global polycrisis  @PivotToAI
Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 58 minutes ago
Everything is screwed. But how screwed?
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Welcome to a Multidimensional Economic Disaster theatlantic.com/technology/2026/03/ai-boom-polycrisis/686559
Supply crunch in Intel, AMD CPUs deals fresh blow to PC and server makers asia.nikkei.com/business/tech/semiconductors/supply-crunch-in-intel-amd-cpus-deals-fresh-blow-to-pc-and-server-makers
The AI Industry Is Lying To You https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-ai-industry-is-lying-to-you/

Previously on Pivot to AI:

Dan Davies: Lying for Money — not a book about crypto, except it really is davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2021/09/23/dan-davies-lying-for-money-not-a-book-about-crypto-except-it-totally-is
‘AI is here to stay’ — is it, though? What do you mean, ‘stay’? pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/10/ai-is-here-to-stay-is-it-though-what-do-you-mean-stay
video: youtube.com/watch?v=306W5Nqnbbs&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
AI winter is in the air! But we think the AI bubble keeps going until 2027 pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/23/ai-winter-is-in-the-air-but-we-think-the-ai-bubble-keeps-going-until-2027
video: youtube.com/watch?v=vp1-3Ypmr1Y&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
AI screws us over again: memory shortages, Crucial shutting down pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/04/ai-screws-us-over-again-memory-shortages-crucial-shutting-down
video: youtube.com/watch?v=rWNSPL6BRuY&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
Let’s power AI with supersonic jet engine turbines! pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/11/lets-power-ai-with-supersonic-jet-engine-turbines
video: youtube.com/watch?v=fwkFdqAbpUc&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
Blue Owl won’t give your money back. This is fine pivot-to-ai.com/2026/02/26/blue-owl-wont-give-your-money-back-this-is-fine
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