OpenAI Researcher Says Capitalism Ends in 10 Years
Former OpenAI engineer argues superintelligence will obsolete market economies within a decade.
Will Depue, an OpenAI research engineer who contributed to Sora and o-series models, stated that commodified superintelligence ending human labor is incompatible with traditional capitalism, predicting the current system cannot last 20 years and likely closer to 10. A colleague questioned the reasoning behind the claim that these developments would dismantle market economies. The discussion highlights tensions between rapid AI progress and existing economic structures, with no further confirmation or elaboration provided in the sources.
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OpenAI Researcher Says Capitalism Ends in 10 Years
Former OpenAI engineer argues superintelligence will obsolete market economies within a decade.
Will Depue, an OpenAI research engineer who contributed to Sora and o-series models, stated that commodified superintelligence ending human labor is incompatible with traditional capitalism, predicting the current system cannot last 20 years and likely closer to 10. A colleague questioned the reasoning behind the claim that these developments would dismantle market economies. The discussion highlights tensions between rapid AI progress and existing economic structures, with no further confirmation or elaboration provided in the sources.
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i have a hard time seeing capitalism as, we know it, existing 20 years you just can’t believe in commodified superintelligence and the end of human labor and still believe in some natural market economy
i would say 10 years but yeah don’t want to freak people out too much. it’s definitely 20