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AI: cognitive labor glut + new guys.

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A LessWrong post argues that AI is more consequential than previous technologies because it industrializes the supply of cognitive labor and operates at a different scale.

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“Why is the advent of AI a big deal, and more worrying than previous advents? I think there are actually two interesting things going on, that make AI importantly different to previous technologies. I. Industrializing the cognitive labor supply I.a.”
LessWrong, 28 Sept 2026, 17:58.

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