guess how much global corporations spent on AI last year vs. American consumers spent on goods and services

you can say “the same amount” or “half” or “double,” you don’t need to get the exact numbers

no googling or ChatGPTing

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350M people * 65% working age * 25% of salary on goods * 40k avg salary = ~2.3T

sam altman was trying to raise 7T (lol) to spend on compute, so I'd say that's a good proxy for what all corporations globally spent on AI

so, double