Superintelligence will end social mobility and mark the dawn of a new feudalism
wfithian · x · 2026-08-31
The argument posits that superintelligence will end social mobility based on talent and labor. Those with the most capital will simply outcompete others by buying more compute, marking the end of meritocracy and the beginning of a new feudalism.
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