AI Won't Make Our Minds Useless According to 400 Years of History

A commentary drawing on Venkatesh Rao's "Cognitive Mercantilism" argues that abundant AI intelligence may expand human ambition rather than eliminate human relevance, using 400 years of capitalist history as context.

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2026-11-01 11:52 · The AI Daily Brief
AI Won’t Make Our Minds Useless According to 400 Years of History

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