Debate: will AI-driven material abundance show up as measured economic growth?
bshlgrs · x · 2026-09-19
bshlgrs presses Ryan Greenblatt and binarybits on whether AI automation producing vast material goods counts as economic growth under today's metrics. binarybits argues companies will produce less than models predict since consumers won't want that much stuff, while bshlgrs points to the automated share of the economy shrinking over time.
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