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Yeah, I'm imagining that the economy is dominated by human consumers who buy from AI-run firms. So the humans do massively consume their consumption of natural resources like energy and material. (And the quality of the goods they buy, e.g. the speed of the computers), also increases.
2:24 PM · Jul 14, 2026@bshlgrs In the first case, then there should be a pretty close connection between GDP and living standards. The economy is (mostly) only going to make something because consumers (or voters) want it. So a big increase in output implies a big increase in consumption.
1:53 PM · Jul 14, 2026@bshlgrs If we imagine a future of economically independent AIs, then this break down. You could have rapid economic growth driven by AI models pursuing goals humans don't care about and potentially spawning more AIs at a rapid pace. I think this probably won't happen.
1:53 PM · Jul 14, 2026@bshlgrs So yeah I'm implicitly assuming a "humans stay in charge of spending" scenario. I agree that things could get much weirder if that assumption doesn't hold.
1:54 PM · Jul 14, 2026