Companies won't build what nobody wants: an AI abundance debate on output forecasts
binarybits · x · 2026-09-19
binarybits pushes back on bullish AI output forecasts: companies won't produce what consumers don't want. Like the 100-t-shirts-per-person example, spending shifts elsewhere, so real AI-driven output will fall short of what some models predict.
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