Rethinking capitalism and democracy for the AI era sparks Star Wars comparison
robleclerc · x · 2026-09-12
Roko Mijic argues that in an AI-and-alignment-dominated era, everything must be rethought: capitalism may not be optimal for a human/AI hybrid economy, democracy may not be the best way to run a state, and the scaling laws that forced people into nations may stop applying. Rob Leclerc quips that the rhetoric evokes Revenge of the Sith.
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