Yeah, the irony is that this is the only thing still propping up the U.S. economy. Real growth drivers are gone — manufacturing is flat, tech productivity has stalled, and GDP is now inflated by the promise of future AI miracles.

Companies aren’t creating new value; they’re monetizing hope — issuing debt against models that don’t yet work and counting that as “growth.” It’s not innovation anymore. It’s financial theater dressed as progress.