The inflation issue will soon be addressed with the development of artificial intelligence, but it’s more of a pseudo-solution.
AI can help businesses cut labor costs, enhance automation, and optimize supply chains. With AI support, sectors like manufacturing, logistics, and services can boost efficiency and lower unit costs. As the supply of goods and services increases, the pressure on prices might ease. AI can allow for "more bang for your buck," seemingly lowering prices.
While AI reduces costs, new services and smart products may also create demand, potentially driving up prices in other areas. The wealth concentration and capital premiums brought on by AI could lead to rising asset prices, affecting real estate, stocks, cryptocurrencies, and energy, distorting the overall perception of inflation. Relying on tech solutions to tackle inflation without addressing fundamental issues like monetary policy, fiscal deficits, and debt structure will only provide a "surface-level calm." The inflation relief from AI feels more like a "temporary cool down" rather than a complete elimination of inflation's root causes.
In the future, energy will face shortages and high premiums. The computing power and data center demands driven by AI and digitalization will lead to a surge in the need for electricity, clean energy, and rare earth materials. The global capacity for new energy sources like wind, solar, hydrogen, and nuclear won’t be able to fully meet this increased demand in the short term.
High premiums are not only a supply and demand issue but also involve investment returns, policy subsidies, and carbon emission costs. As energy becomes a scarce commodity, it directly impacts industrial costs, transportation costs, and even national fortunes, indirectly creating inflationary pressures.
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