Binary Bits vs Ryan Greenblatt: does an AI industrial explosion just depreciate its own output?
binarybits · x · 2026-09-19
A high-quality X debate on AI-driven industrial explosion. Ryan Greenblatt argues that if AIs surpass humans at all cognitive labor including robot operation, an industrial explosion follows — AIs designing robots that build more robots and chips, with doubling times possibly around a year even with current tech.
Binary Bits pushes back on the value side: the automated share of the economy shrinks, so industrial output may rapidly depreciate. His textile analogy: cloth production kept improving for a century, but saturated clothing markets meant cheaper cloth just moved the needle less. The debate hits the core AGI-economics split: supply-side explosion vs demand-side saturation.
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