Jess Riedel: growth constrained by human reproduction, AI removes the bottleneck
Jess_Riedel · x · 2026-10-30
Responding to the point that modern economies need bigger inventions to move the needle, Jess Riedel argues that computation and intelligence aren't intrinsic to humans, and traits like reproduction timescales are evolutionarily contingent. Since global growth is heavily constrained by human reproduction, AI gives huge new reasons to expect faster growth.
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