A datacenter full of geniuses would have its own wants, resources and needs
soleio · x · 2026-07-22
The post argues that we still lack the tools and language to reason about economic actors driven by motivations unlike human fear and desire. Its central claim is that a “country of geniuses in a datacenter” would not be human, and would therefore have its own wants, resources and needs.
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