The 'Great Deflation' thesis: AI pushing labor costs toward zero
alex_verem · x · 2026-10-05
Blogger Alex argues the 'Great Deflation' era: AI is pushing the labor component of nearly everything toward zero cost. His examples: dubbing video into 646 languages now costs almost nothing, an AI tutor beat a real classroom in a Harvard study, and AI reads basic ECGs for heart attacks better than standard triage. The open question, he says, is who keeps the savings — companies or consumers. Macro opinion piece; cited studies lack linked details.
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