Robots as producers vs consumers: the debate over post-AI growth ceilings
binarybits · x · 2026-10-30
Jess Riedel challenges binarybits on why robots need to be consumers rather than mere producers: human demand for wealth won't stall at 30-100% annual growth — people want Mars, Alpha Centauri, and not to die. binarybits concedes an agent-dominated consumer economy could accelerate growth dramatically but hopes it won't happen. The exchange probes whether post-AI growth is capped by human demand or by technology itself.
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