1 · WHAT THEY’RE ARGUING NOW, IN THEIR WORDS
“AI Could Do My First Job. Not My Last”
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2 · WHERE OTHERS STAND
No one else on the roster has written on this yet. Here is what thinkers from other perspectives are arguing this week.
3 · THE CONTEXT
America’s great building booms, compared
At an estimated 3.6% of the economy a year, the AI build-out is larger than the railroad boom and more than three times the highway program. AI spending is an estimate. Source: Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh, as reported by The Wall Street Journal, Sept. 23, 2026
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