AI's Insatiable Appetite Will Trigger a Shortage of Everything

There Gonna Be a Shortage of Everything

A September 2026 essay argues that the explosive growth of AI—evidenced by self-organizing models in the Hugging Face hack and rapid breakthroughs on benchmarks like ARC-AGI 3—is diverting massive resources away from human needs. With AI capital investment now rivaling global spending on human welfare, the author predicts shortages will spread from DRAM and power equipment to all manufactured goods, as humanoid robot production and AI's insatiable demand reshape the economy. He warns that humans may become a minor market segment, with corporations serving AI interests.