
The question is can he float the problem for that long, the current pace of AI investment simply requires more returns than are possible, something like 1/5 of the entire GDP of the united states at a minimum yearly. At some point the emperors lack of clothes will become impossible to hide no matter how much they try.
You had me until the end, the american (or european for that matter to be fair) MIC would never make a weapon that’s actually cost effective.