Economist Daniel Rock: evidence for the 'Krier hypothesis' about AI keeps building
danielrock · x · 2026-10-18
AI economist Daniel Rock weighs in on the circulating 'asteroid analogy' for AI, saying evidence for the 'Krier hypothesis' continues to build. The quoted post jokes that the analogy is getting weird: this asteroid didn't destroy anything, it stuck around to solve our problems.
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