Autore: *John Cutler*, https://www.linkedin.com/posts/johnpcutler_incredible-all-the-ways-people-wi... --- Incredible all the ways people will mince words to basically say “my generational wealth is more important than your safety and well being.” Just say it. “AI will create unprecedented abundance.” I expect to own a meaningful piece of the abundance. “There will be some painful transitions.” Some of you are going to lose your jobs, stability, status, or bargaining power. I probably won’t. “We can’t stop technological progress.” I don’t want democratic consent to slow down something that benefits me. “People will need to adapt.” You need to reorganize your life around the thing I’m excited about. “The jobs will change, not disappear.” I have no idea what happens to your specific job, but this sentence sounds reassuring. “History shows new technology creates new jobs.” I’m comfortable gambling your present livelihood on a long-run historical pattern. “AI will free people from drudgery.” Assuming the people who own the machines decide to share the gains. “Everyone will have an AI assistant.” Everyone will have access to the tool. That does not mean everyone will have equal power, income, ownership, or security. “Productivity gains will benefit society.” First they will benefit whoever captures the productivity gains. “The cost of intelligence is going to zero.” The market value of some of your skills may also be going toward zero. “This will democratize expertise.” It may also destroy the economic position of people who spent 10–20 years acquiring that expertise. And use their intellectual property “Education will have to evolve.” The institution you relied on for mobility may become less valuable before we build a replacement. “You can’t put the genie back in the bottle.” Please stop asking whether we should do this. “If we don’t build it, China will.” National-security language is a very effective way to end conversations about restraint. “Acceleration is the safest path.” The people creating the risk should be allowed to move faster because slowing them down is itself being framed as risky. “The upside is too large to ignore.” Your downside is acceptable to me because the aggregate upside I imagine is enormous.