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The $4.9 trillion hole: AI’s superintelligence sales pitch cannot prop up a debt

Consumers are slowly but surely learning the benefits of artificial intelligence, or as the federal government recently branded it “super intelligence.” But every castle built of sand must face the coming tides and the backlash, and the false promises of AI are no different. After three years of pouring capital into machines and ending careers […]

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