Superintelligence vs. work-based society: German long-read warns of coming disruption
LinusEkenstam · x · 2026-10-14
A German blogger, after a long conversation with AI figure Linus Ekenstam in Paris, lays out the societal stakes of superintelligence.
- Big tech companies now explicitly aim to build superintelligence—AI far exceeding human abilities across many domains
- But income, economic bargaining power, and social security are tightly tied to human labor, creating a structural clash
- Key worry: AI may absorb jobs faster than people can find new careers, leaving millions without economic security
The author expects the next few years to be "wild" and urges society to confront this mismatch now.
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