David Patterson: Superintelligence Will Push Every Product to Max Quality at Min Cost
davidpattersonx · x · 2026-10-08
David Patterson argues competition only forces companies to be marginally better than rivals, never optimal — but superintelligence will have no such constraint, pushing every product and service to maximum quality at minimum cost by default. He predicts the poorest people will soon live better than today's richest.
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