Trask: if AI displaces jobs instead of hacking everyone overnight, RSI takeoff is far slower
iamtrask · x · 2026-11-10
In a debate with Tom Davidson, Andrew Trask notes that the classic RSI/foom fear is 'algorithm improves algorithm → everyone gets hacked in a day,' but if AI instead slowly displaces legitimate jobs, the takeoff would be far slower — and, half-jokingly, that helping workers unionize could then be a real defense against RSI risk.
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