"AI can eliminate human wages without eliminating human rent"
PierceLilholt · x · 2026-10-30
A widely-shared one-liner from PierceLilholt (188K followers): "AI can eliminate human wages without eliminating human rent." It captures the core tension in AGI-era labor debates — productivity gains accrue to capital while living costs remain with workers.
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