AI job-loss fears likened to mercantilist hoarding of intelligence

Engineer Venkatesh Rao argues elites treat intelligence as a scarce resource to control, echoing mercantilism, but AI could instead raise demand for human thinking.

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2026-11-02 19:43 · The Decoder
AI elites might hoard intelligence like mercantilists hoarded gold

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