Will Depue says commodified superintelligence could end capitalism in 20 years
willdepue · x · 2026-07-24
Will Depue argues that capitalism may not survive the next 20 years if superintelligence becomes commoditized and human labor is broadly displaced.
He says it is hard to believe in a “natural market economy” once superintelligence is a cheap commodity and labor is no longer the center of value creation.
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