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Author: jerryab   😊 😞
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Subject: Freight fright with new AI productivity fear
Date: 02/13/26 10:34 AM
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https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/feb/13/t...
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Author: ajm101   😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Freight fright with new AI productivity fear
Date: 02/13/26 11:10 AM
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SemiCab platform by Algorhythm, previously considered a ‘penny stock’, sparks ‘category 5 paranoia’ across sector

Remember when Time Warner bought AOL due to category 5 paranoia?

In the case I trust the hundreds of developers who are domain experts to leverage AI more effectively than a car karaoke system penny stock in Florida's developers vibing a competitor out. Ignoring that ridiculous company, tere are actual tech companies in this space that have probably been prototyping AI for more than a year, starting with FlexPort.

The selloff in those was much more likely the broad based selling on the post-hoc analysis of the BLS job numbers and the market openly questioning the veracity of the statistics and unrelated to anything that SemiCab did. The AI panic is embarrassing at this point.
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Author: lizgdal 🐝  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Freight fright with new AI productivity fear
Date: 02/16/26 11:32 AM
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from the OP article: “We can see a broad AI fear trade taking place and it’s touching all corners except those that are immune to disruptions – materials, energy, staples,” said Neil Wilson, an investor strategist at Saxo UK. “This AI fear trade has been the main narrative of the last few sessions as a whole host of industries and subsectors have been caught up in selling as investors think companies will be exposed to significant AI disruption.”

AI Disruption Fear, Feb 15. 2026
"The rapid spread of AI disruption concerns from software companies to wealth management firms, commercial real estate operations, and logistics providers represents a significant shift in market psychology about artificial intelligence's economic impact. Wealth management selloffs reflect fears that AI advisors and robo-platforms could disintermediate traditional financial advisory relationships, while commercial real estate weakness suggests concerns about AI-driven property management automation and reduced office space needs as AI enables remote work efficiency. Logistics company pressure indicates worries about AI optimizing supply chains in ways that reduce human intervention and compress margins. This broadening disruption narrative creates sector rotation challenges as investors struggle to identify which industries possess sustainable competitive moats against AI encroachment versus those facing structural obsolescence."
https://www.barchart.com/story/news/232431/ai-disr...
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Author: jerryab   😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Freight fright with new AI productivity fear
Date: 02/16/26 12:07 PM
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Logistics company pressure indicates worries about AI optimizing supply chains in ways that reduce human intervention and compress margins.

This is, by definition, nonsense. AI lacks the info to do the task when the supply chain is disrupted.

Saw that happen in 2000-2001 with REE. No AI needed. It was a pure money grab by the producers. Contracts? They didn't care. MONEY NOW was everything. When the money train disappeared (i.e. demand shifted to something else), SUDDENLY the producers were interested in the actual ongoing users. But the producers were doing a variety of bankruptcy and other legal things to try to get OUT of their LONG TERM (20 yr) "take or pay" contracts signed with miners just 1-2 yrs earlier.
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