Recently, Steve Eisman, the American billionaire investor who served as the inspiration for a character in the film The Big Short, sounded the alarm. He cautioned that absent the growth spurred by artificial intelligence, the U.S. economy would paint a starkly different portrait. This financial analyst, famed for his accurate prediction of the 2008 real - estate meltdown, highlighted in a recent podcast that the U.S. economy mirrors the scenario in “A Tale of Two Cities”. While GDP growth gives the impression of a robust economy, when you strip away AI - related spending, the economy is, in reality, at a standstill.