6.2 - Financing AI

Artificial Intelligence Policy

Author

Prof. Jack Reilly

Published

S2026

🧠 Think:

  • Is the magnitude of AI rollout sustainable? Is the scale of the financing and expenditures involved set us up for future AI growth, or set the economy up for disaster when an inevitable market correction occurs? What kinds of returns and productivity improvements are we actaully seeing in business and the workplace?

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🎧 Listen:

🌐 Browse:

  • Viral X article: Shumer, 2026. β€œSomething Big is Happening”
    • Note: this link is included as an examplar of the kind of big claims being made about AI by its promoters; you’ve probably seen a thousand of these, but here’s one in case you haven’t seen the latest formulations. Judge for yourself and be sure to engage your critical thinking.
  • 🀑 Parody/Humor: β€œAs Long as the Graph Goes Up and to the Right”

πŸ“š Additional Resources:

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  • Discussion question to course chat
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  • β€œπŸŒ Browse” items should be briefly looked at but do not need to be read deeply unless you want to
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