AI Debate: The Lightcone's Gini Coefficient as a Key Post-AGI Metric
jam3scampbell · x · 2026-08-02
Following Anthropic's Amanda Askell discussing the need to avoid a "permanent underclass" in the AGI era, James Campbell proposed an intriguing perspective: the "Gini coefficient of the lightcone" should be a key indicator of post-AGI futures, right alongside p(doom).
This concept extends the traditional economic measure of wealth inequality to the distribution of resources and energy on a cosmic scale. It reflects a deep concern within the AI community about how humanity can avoid extreme inequality even in an age of superabundance brought by superintelligence.
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