Post by @david_chisnall@infosec.exchange

2026-09-07 08:53 UTC

@gimulnautti@mastodon.green But most importantly, he then goes and models also the hypothetical post-AGI market with huge job losses. I don't click on YouTube links, but this bit makes me sad. It's not just 'hypothetical', it's science fiction. Talking about the economic impacts of antigravity, cold fusion, or room-temperature superconductors would make as much sense, and connecting discussions of an investment bubble built on outright lies by discussing what would happen if those lies were actually true undermines the message.

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@gimulnautti@mastodon.green 2026-09-07 13:50

@david_chisnall@infosec.exchange There will always be job losses from automation. I think there will be some from LLM-enhanced software and robotics also. They’re not going to come from the AI bubble, but after it. Same way Google replaced newspapers in selling ads, social media replaced classifieds. The job losses might be realised through dumbing down, too. People don’t read, don’t think. The next generation, is what we should be thinking of.

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@dkf@cyberplace.social 2026-09-08 13:52

@david_chisnall@infosec.exchange @gimulnautti@mastodon.green It's a simplification, but simplifications are needed to get tractable models so their evolution can be studied. In the case of AI, the proposal is that AI will enable many types of for-wages jobs to be replaced (that's what the techbros are trying to sell, and how they justify their valuations). That will have a profound impact. I just wonder about the impact of unbounded government liability with UBI. The model isn't close to complete.

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