Nvidia, Tesla, AMD and Palantir are the picks and shovels of AI's displacement of labor, and when even Elon Musk calls for universal high income to absorb AI unemployment, the trade is obvious. Hyperscaler AI capex topped $300B in 2025 and is projected higher in 2026, and Goldman sizes humanoid robotics at $38B by 2035, $205B in a bull case. Labor's share of US GDP has fallen for 50 years and AI widens the gap, so equity in the systems replacing labor is the only real hedge. x.comÂ




