AI's Economic Disruption Hasn't Hit Physical Industries Yet, Argues Engineer
eptwts · x · 2026-09-15
Responding to the idea that AI now lets you one-shot both product and distribution, eptwts argues the economic effects haven't manifested because AI hasn't reached the most important industries — agriculture, manufacturing, construction, healthcare, logistics. The bottleneck is machinery and physics; once breakthroughs land there, he expects a massive economic shift — making Musk-style universal basic income claims seem less far-fetched than he once thought.
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