Chinese AI commentator: 98% of humans will lose agency as AI commoditizes intelligence
dotey · x · 2026-09-18
- Chinese-language commentator yangyi argues that anything evaluable or automatable will eventually be replaced by AI, and capital will pay for AI intelligence increments rather than human labor time.
- His darker thesis: AI strips humans of deliberate practice needed to become experts while commoditizing top-tier intelligence at scale—leading to a 80/20 endgame where 98% lose agency, 2% co-evolve with AI, and the rest are "parasitized" by it.
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