I think there may also a horizontal scheme as monopolies take on a global scale. Those businesses that sell in bankruptcy due to high tech costs could be gobbled up by the biggest AI-native competition. It’s a leap but maybe in a decade your optometrist is replaced by an ai kiosk with a remote technician?

I’ve got 3rd to 8th gen no issues, wonder how Intel lost the plot somewhere along the way. Fortunately wifi chips still seem solid.