Shunyu Ysu on AI jobs: frictions will spawn new work as AI lowers barriers
May_F1_ · x · 2026-09-27
- Alexandr Wang published an essay, "Why I'm Building Muse," arguing that most people never articulate what they truly want — those hidden desires surface while falling asleep or daydreaming — and his new product aims to serve that wanting.
- Reposting it, Shunyu Ysu weighed in on AI job loss: he believes AI won't cause mass unemployment because modern society is full of frictions, and AI will lower those frictions to make a ton of new things worth doing.
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