Even with superintelligence, some will still want fellow-human output
burny_tech · x · 2026-09-06
Tech poster burnytech argues that even with superultragigamegaintelligences, some people will still want human output—because its value is inherently that it is fellow homo sapiens' work. The take mirrors how handmade goods and live performances retained scarcity through industrialization, and is often cited in debates over human creators' long-term position in the AI era.
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