Researcher revises forecast: post-2028 intelligence explosion may drop human labor by 2030
LesaunH · x · 2026-10-21
AI risk researcher LesaunH publicly revises his prior view that humans would retain meaningful room to contribute during the industrial explosion. He now argues that given a 2028 intelligence explosion, those with a stake in it likely won't need human labor to provide for themselves and their descendants by 2030.
The notable signal isn't the claim itself but the direction of revision: people running these models are systematically shortening the window in which human labor retains leverage.
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