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Artificial intelligence is usually discussed as a technology story. Markets are treating it as a technology trade. Both frameworks are becoming inadequate. AI is evolving into something much larger: a new architecture for capital formation, industrial capacity, geopolitical power, productivity, and ultimately financial markets themselves. The most important question for