The darkest AI outcome: 10x productivity, same 40-hour week, all gains captured at the top
VraserX · x · 2026-10-15
VraserX argues the most depressing outcome of the AI revolution isn't mass unemployment — it's AI making everyone 10x more productive while we still work 40 hours a week and those at the top pocket the difference. If that's the future we build, he writes, we've learned nothing.
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