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AI contributes to inflating global debt, already approaching $346 trillion or 310% of GDP (www.cadtm.org)
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[โ€“] pdxfed@lemmy.world 24 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

No, those people already did. They have transferred the grift into houses, retirements, and change the course of the future for themselves and their families.

Everyone else gets to pick up the pieces for their deceit, exaggeration and stupidity.

[โ€“] jj4211@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

Sure about houses, but retirements are balances built upon the expectation that debt continues to grow and remains serviceable. If the debt is a problem, retirement accounts go poof