It's hard to stomach the AI trade outperforming bitcoin while the bitcoin thesis looks stronger than ever. I use AI every day, and I'm convinced it will transform the economy. I also think many AI investments being made today will produce terrible returns.

The railroad boom explains how both can be true. Railroads changed commerce and became essential infrastructure, but they also attracted overinvestment and wasteful borrowing. When financing dried up in 1873, railroad companies failed, the New York Stock Exchange closed for ten days, and at least 100 banks failed. The technology survived. Investors in the wrong projects at the wrong prices didn't.

AI has the same physical constraint. Data centers require chips, power, land, cooling, labor, and debt. Demand can keep growing while too much capacity gets built too early or in the wrong places. Failed projects can change hands cheaply and leave useful infrastructure for the next owner.

If you're pursuing FIRE with bitcoin, AI's outperformance isn't a reason to abandon a sound plan and chase a trade you don't understand. Separate the assets protecting your timeline from speculative capital you can afford to risk. A winning technology doesn't tell you which security to own, what price to pay, or how much of your plan to wager.

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