We can say that if this rotten support beam fails the US is in trouble but the real issue is what caused the rot in the first place.
Remember, when a bear is chasing you and some others, you don't have to be faster than the bear to escape.
If there's another European debt crisis (for example) does the bear eat Europe and any US issues go away?
Sure, well done, your link in the chain didn't break… but your anchor is still stuck on the bottom of the ocean and you're on your spare anchor (with a shorter chain) until you get back to harbour.
The effective removal of regulations via winner bribes and a lack of enforcement plus the explicit removal of regulations, to reduce corruption and insider trading. AI is not required to create the systemic exploitations and they are far more efficient at extracting value than any AI system.