signull: Tech CEOs Misuse Jevons Paradox, Which Doesn't Apply to Superintelligence
signulll · x · 2026-10-14
AI researcher signull called it "genuinely cringe" that smart CEOs and VCs keep invoking Jevons Paradox for AI compute economics, suspecting half don't understand what it actually says. He recommends reading Jevons' original book, but argues its logic "roughly does not apply to superintelligence" — a jab at one of the most popular economics talking points in the AI industry.
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