Marx's failed predictions mirror today's AI forecasts, argues one observer
kevinnbass · x · 2026-09-17
kevinnbass draws an analogy: Marx predicted falling profits and immiseration of the working class leading to revolution and communism — predictions that turned out wrong. He argues many AI predictions today share the same structure of linear extrapolation, and asks whether they could fail in the same way Marx did. A speculative observation rather than a data-backed argument.
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