OpenAI's Will Depue Says Human Economic Labor Is Over; Safety Researcher Pushes Back
austinc3301 · x · 2026-11-11
OpenAI's Will Depue posted a doom take: virtually all non-artisanal human economic labor will be replaced by AI, leaving humans watching "Magnus Carlsen vs Stockfish 13" from the sidelines. AI safety researcher Nathan Calvin quoted and rebuted it, calling that a loser attitude — society can still collectively choose not to hand over its most important functions, including building future AI systems, to AI.
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