XPRIZE Founder Diamandis: In the AGI Era, True Scarcity Lies in Taste and Patience
PeterDiamandis · x · 2026-08-08
Futurist and XPRIZE founder Peter Diamandis shared his perspective on human value in the AGI era. He argues that as AI brings an abundance of raw intelligence, current capabilities will no longer be scarce.
He points out that scarcity will simply shift to areas we haven't fully priced yet: taste, patience, and the willingness to care about a problem long after it stops being interesting.
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