When AI makes $10,000 services nearly free, GDP says the economy is shrinking
VraserX · x · 2026-10-26
VraserX highlights a statistical paradox: when AI makes something that used to cost $10,000 practically free, GDP may register an industry as shrinking while ordinary people gain access to things they could never afford. He argues we need better measures of progress than how much money changes hands.
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