Reply to tszzl: status ladders may outlast functional ones as AI does all technical work
jzl86 · x · 2026-09-21
Responding to tszzl's take that parents are pushing kids into status races that won't exist, a replier flips the expectation: status ladders may change faster than functional ones because AI could make humans unnecessary for every technical field — leaving status games as all that remains.
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