The economy is down, but AI is hot. Where do we go from here?

It was heartbreaking to read over the weekend about how some Googlers in the US found out about the company's abrupt cull. Dan Russell, a research scientist who has worked on Google Search for over 17 years, wrote how he had gone to the office to finish off some work at 4 a.m., only to find out his entry badge didn't work. Economists predict the US economy may enter a recession this year amid a highly uncertain global economic outlook. Big tech companies have started to feel the squeeze. In the past, economic downturns have shut off the funding taps for AI research.