Lowered interest rates will drive AI agent and robot purchases instead of hiring.

Lowered interest rates will drive AI agent and robot purchases instead of hiring. | Today, if I've got lower interest rates, I'm going to buy more AI agents and I'm going to buy more robots. Um, and that's going to be a challenge.

Today, if I've got lower interest rates, I'm going to buy more AI agents and I'm going to buy more robots. Um, and that's going to be a challenge.

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  "context": "So the when the Fed has traditionally lowered interest rates to spark the economy, those lowered interest rates were intended to cause companies to hire more employees. Uh and uh that was it. you you drive you drive unemployment down with reduced interest rates. Today, if I've got lower interest rates, I'm going to buy more AI agents and I'm going to buy more robots. Um, and that's going to be a challenge.",
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