Hyper-scale compute used to maximize prices and minimize wages
rickasaurus · x · 2026-08-16
A discussion highlights how hyper-scale compute is being applied to find the maximum possible price for every transaction and the minimum possible wage for every job. This removes all economic slack and consolidates it as profit, effectively causing a "total loss of consumer surplus" where algorithms precisely extract value at every interaction point.
More from AGI Musings
- The Three AI Pills: Metaphors for AI Development Stages — stuartmemo · 2026-08-16
- Critique of Western Consciousness Definitions: Gödel and Ideology — Elijah_Meeks · 2026-08-16
- Deloitte Report: 74% of Firms Plan to Redesign Processes for Agents in 4 Years — DavidLinthicum · 2026-08-16
- AI Isn't Outthinking Mathematicians. It's Out-Remembering Them — rzk · 2026-08-16
- If every task is replaced by frontier LLMs, companies become shells and value flows to AI labs — cccalum · 2026-08-16
- AI not absorbed yet; consulting is a high leverage move — teodorio · 2026-08-16