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Bernie Sanders: “As a percentage of GDP, that is 10 times greater than what…”

Featuring: Bernie Sanders, Independent | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Published | Video Starts at 09:42

And it's not just what the AI companies are saying. Take a look at what they are doing. This year, four AI companies are spending $670 billion to build out data centers. As a percentage of GDP, that is 10 times greater than what we spent each year on the moon landing. Bottom line, we are looking at the most significant investment in human history, which is bringing about the most rapid societal transformation in human history. History. (09:42–09:51)

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Asserts that the current AI investment is 10 times greater than the annual spending on the moon landing, as a percentage of GDP.

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