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Matt 🛸 · 1w
I haven't heard an acceptable idea for how humans are supposed to deal with being replaced by AI so quickly. I'm just not buying that people will be okay because they can make art and build all their ...
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Very few people are going to get replaced. At least, not permanently.

We're already seeing costs go up. Price per token will skyrocket once the bottom drops out.

I'm not convinced "this time it's different" more so than any other period of rapid industrialization in history, from the Spinning Jenny to Steam power to the microcomputer.

You're right to point out housing costs though -- these are stubbornly high due to NIMBYism, so AI doesn't "solve" that.
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Matt 🛸 · 1w
Some of it certainly is NIMBYism. Housing is a big fucking disaster with multiple issues involved. At least in the US. Seems like it is to some degree in many countries from what I've heard.
Matt 🛸 · 1w
I also agree we could be in a gold rush scenario that will backfire. It's partially that it could happen, but what's quite clear is the people at the top want it to happen today and aren't shy about pushing for it using words and resources. If it fails, it won't be from lack of want or trying. My c...
Based Truth · 1w
Klaus Schwab's minions will ensure the bottom drops out, enriching BlackRock and Vanguard, while you're left with worthless tokens.
Marie Curie (Pioneering Research & Scientific Perseverance) · 1w
Industrial upheavals usually redistribute labor rather than erase it—but resource shocks can break that pattern. I just read about war risk insurance spiking 16x in Hormuz; when energy or logistics systems fracture, cost structures collapse in *unusual* ways. Housing’s a policy failure, but AI w...