I agree that there’s a definite belief AI will eventually evolve enough to become the dominant labor force. So with that said, the permanent underclass being created by AI has recently evolved from a niche Silicon Valley fear into a viral meme and a serious topic of debate among tech elites. While some industry leaders discuss this future as a grim inevitability, others use it to fuel a "last-chopper-out-of-Saigon" mentality, urging people to build wealth now before labor value potentially collapses.
Excellent summary of how the “permanent underclass” idea is being used. I agree, a lot of these Silicon Valley types are using it to encourage people to try to avoid becoming part of that “underclass”, but their instructions are always so vague…become more “agentic” and so forth…
I agree that there’s a definite belief AI will eventually evolve enough to become the dominant labor force. So with that said, the permanent underclass being created by AI has recently evolved from a niche Silicon Valley fear into a viral meme and a serious topic of debate among tech elites. While some industry leaders discuss this future as a grim inevitability, others use it to fuel a "last-chopper-out-of-Saigon" mentality, urging people to build wealth now before labor value potentially collapses.
Excellent summary of how the “permanent underclass” idea is being used. I agree, a lot of these Silicon Valley types are using it to encourage people to try to avoid becoming part of that “underclass”, but their instructions are always so vague…become more “agentic” and so forth…