I'd say you are underestimating the industries being propped up by the AI Boom. To name a few examples - Construction (the industry pivoted to DCs) [0], the en

I'd say you are underestimating the industries being propped up by the AI Boom. To name a few examples - Construction (the industry pivoted to DCs) [0], the entire hardware industry (from personal experience CHIPS act recipients pivoted to AI-hype because of slow reimbursement rates), whatever tech hiring that even exists in the US at this point is itself looped into and justified by the AI boom or capital that is 1-2 degrees removed from the AI boom, the entire energy industry is tied to the AI boom [1], and the renewables industry in the US is increasingly AI-washed now as well [2] because of the ending of IRA and IIJA disbursements under Trump. This wouldn't be a 2008 sized event, but it would be a bloodbath comparable to the Telecom Bust (2001) and the Dot Com Bust (2001). I would trust that every HNer would be worried about such a situation because of how existential a risk it would be for the entire tech industry - which employs most people on this forum. [0] - https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/themes/whos-funding-the-ai-data-center-boom https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/themes/whos-fundi... [1] - https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/08/05/energy-industry-ai-boom-debra-kahn-column-00492879 https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/08/05/energy-ind... [2] - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-26/ai-boom-will-boost-us-renewables-despite-trump-fortescue-says https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-26/ai-boom-w...