The Decoder· Manuel Uth·· 8 h ago
AI elites might hoard intelligence like mercantilists hoarded gold
AI elites might hoard intelligence like mercantilists hoarded gold
AI summary
Engineer Venkatesh Rao compares the fear of AI job losses to mercantilism: intelligence is treated as a scarce resource that elites want to control. But AI could boost demand for human thinking, much like early capitalism made people voluntarily work more.
Selection record
Threshold 76Media and individualsFirst 22Second 22
Not admittedSum of both 44 < twice the threshold 152
- Source tier
- Media and individuals; this tier's threshold is 76
- Pre-filter
- passed：讨论AI智能稀缺与开放模型观点
A model scores each item twice, independently, against one written standard, out of 100. An item is admitted only when the two scores add up to twice the threshold. The threshold is set per source tier.
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