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The speaker estimates that the proposed AI-capacity build-out would represent roughly 5% of GDP, plus or minus, and compares its scale to the railroad build-out.
Jamin Ball · Deep Dive: Anthropic S-1 Myths and Mythos — Jamin Ball, Altimeter · 7 Nov 2026
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“That's like 5% plus or minus of GDP. Like that is a massive-”
“... massive build-out. You know, rivals the railroad build-out. You know, I, I, I think I've seen some charts somewhere that kind of compare those expected numbers, but like fi...”1:29:43Report a misattribution
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