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All of those revolutions have largely exacerbated wealth inequality and were driven by _gradual_ transitions with build out of capital. The shift away from subsistence farming was a huge deal. But AGI would be way harder. It’s immediately deployable for very little investment and can replace basically any white collar job.

Capital has been an economic multiplier of human labor. AGI is more like flooding the market with infinite labor. There will be blood in the streets, at best.



> Capital has been an economic multiplier of human labor. AGI is more like flooding the market with infinite labor...

A tractor was one of many things that humans have invented that could be considered a labor multiplier and put many people out of work.


Yes but it put people out of work by making the people more efficient. As did computers. AGI does not make people more efficient. Even if wealth accrued to the capital holders, it still drive a large demand for higher value human labor.

AGI is just more people. It’s infinite people in the labor market driving wages down to zero.


Productivity went up for those still employed.


Yes that’s what I said




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