Cory Doctorow believes that the economic crash that will ensue when the "AI" bubble finally bursts will make the GFC look like a mild wobble. Worse, there's nothing any of us can do except burst the bubble as quickly as possible, to reduce the scale of the damage. Bleak stuff, but his logic is hard to fault;
https://craphound.com/news/2025/10/06/the-real-economic-ai-apocalypse-is-nigh/