AGI Debate: Is 'AI Does All Economically Useful Labor' the Right Definition?
panickssery · x · 2026-09-03
panickssery and nkreu113r debate AGI definitions and post-AI distribution ethics. panickssery argues that 'AI doing all economically useful labor' is exactly what most people—including OpenAI—mean by AGI, a historically unprecedented transformation. He uses a child-mortality analogy (15% for rich Victorians vs under 1% for the poorest Americans today) to critique sufficientarianism, arguing that past 'good enough' standards shouldn't cap present progress. His interlocutor counters that widespread relative poverty today remains real regardless of historical comparison.
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