Most LLM agent vocabulary maps one-to-one onto economic concepts, researcher argues
akbirthko · x · 2026-11-07
akbirthko points out that much of the vocabulary used to discuss LLM agents and their production are one-to-one analogues of economic concepts. His corollary: labs cannot simultaneously promise worldwide superabundance while refusing to contend with the consequences implied for them — extending his argument that frontier labs resemble firms trying to internalize an entire economy.
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