A macro analyst says the world may be heading toward an unprecedented collision between record AI investment and widespread job displacement.
In a new post on X, pseudonymous analyst NoLimit tells his 881,400 followers that massive investment cycles have historically created a boom in the labor market.
But he notes that the AI CapEx cycle appears to be defying historical trends, as he says companies are adopting the tech to replace employees.
“Something’s been bugging me lately and I think more people need to talk about it. $2.5 trillion in global AI investment this year alone, up 44% from last year. Amazon, Google, Meta, and Microsoft are set to blow through $560 billion on AI. Double what they spent two years ago.
Historically, that kind of capital injection means one thing. Jobs, growth, and prosperity. But this time, it doesn’t… Because every dollar being deployed is designed to REPLACE the people who would normally benefit from it.”
According to NoLimit, the US economy is heading toward something that has never existed before. He says record investment and job displacement could create a chilling chain of events.
“Jobs disappear, spending collapses, revenue dries up, tax receipts fall off a cliff. Governments already buried in debt have zero room to respond.
Three forces are converging simultaneously for the first time in history:
– Record capital deployment
– Widespread job displacement
– Unsustainable government debt.
We’re in uncharted territory. Markets aren’t pricing this in yet, and I don’t think that lasts much longer. The proposed solutions: automation taxes, UBI (universal basic income), are political non-starters that no one is seriously willing to touch. But the fact that they keep coming up tells you everything about where this is heading.
The old levers: rate cuts, stimulus and regulation, weren’t designed for any of this.
Something MASSIVE is coming.
The next few months look scary.”
Last year, macro guru Luke Gromen warned that AI is incompatible with America’s debt-based monetary system. According to Gromen, an AI-triggered wave of job displacement could cascade directly into the credit system because displaced workers carry debt that depends on stable wages.
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