Afinetheorem: AI Success Means Returning to 1876-1926 Growth Rates
Afinetheorem · x · 2026-08-25
Afinetheorem shares a perspective from a conversation on AI and the technological boom: "success" means that living standards in the West improve at the level of the 1876-1926 half century, or China over the last 50 years.
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