When AI Makes Survival Cheap, Does Meaning Become Expensive?
PierceLilholt · x · 2026-10-09
A brief philosophical take: as AI drives down the cost of survival, the pursuit of meaning may become the scarce, expensive commodity. The author poses this as an open question about AI's societal impact without elaborating further.
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