Malthus v. the Singularity - NYT
“No, the next radical jump in economic growth seems more likely to come from something that has a profound effect on everything, because it addresses the one permanent shortage in our entire economy: human time and attention. They are by far the most productive components of today’s economy.
The innovation he’s envisioning, of course, is the rise of intelligent machines (or humans with artificially enhanced brains) capable of being far more productive than today’s humans. Dr. Hanson has some interesting notions of what kind of society might evolve — and it’s hardly a utopia. But it’s certainly nothing like the Malthusian visions of humans running out of energy and food.”
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