That’s fair, I think I might’ve just gotten the wrong impression from the graph. Personally, I wouldn’t think there would be a hard cap, as the IE would naturally boost technology levels instead of holding them fixed. However, I do agree that, either way, there will eventually come a point where a generalized machine laborer will be more efficient and more productive than a human laborer.
I just read your ‘Three Types’ essay, and I thought it was also really good! Particularly interesting to me was the idea of how, as the IE cascades towards the full-stack IE, the concentration of power becomes more decentralized. I’ve been working on a model to anticipate the geopolitical and social impacts of AI development (please check it out!), and I hadn’t previously considered how the IE itself could have centralizing/decentralizing vectors.
Great work! I’ll definitely be keeping an eye out for more stuff from you guys.
That’s fair, I think I might’ve just gotten the wrong impression from the graph. Personally, I wouldn’t think there would be a hard cap, as the IE would naturally boost technology levels instead of holding them fixed. However, I do agree that, either way, there will eventually come a point where a generalized machine laborer will be more efficient and more productive than a human laborer.
I just read your ‘Three Types’ essay, and I thought it was also really good! Particularly interesting to me was the idea of how, as the IE cascades towards the full-stack IE, the concentration of power becomes more decentralized. I’ve been working on a model to anticipate the geopolitical and social impacts of AI development (please check it out!), and I hadn’t previously considered how the IE itself could have centralizing/decentralizing vectors.
Great work! I’ll definitely be keeping an eye out for more stuff from you guys.