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AI is more likely to destroy capitalism than it is to increase inequality.

Ten years ago, what would it have cost you to build a Jira clone / competitor? Today one person can do it in a week, at least for the core tech.

In a year, only the very largest companies will pay for that kind of infrastructure tooling.

We’ve just started seeing the democratization of software and the capitalists are terrified.



It won't. Because once big companies who own the models and the GPUs will see that you're competing with them, they will lock you down and extort funds from you. That's what modern capitalism is about


I just don't know how to explain that you won't be destroying capitalism with AI. You have a subscription.


I don’t know how to explain that the difference between barter systems, stored value, and truly communal property has nothing to do with capitalism.

People pay for things in all economic models. It’s bizarre to think that means everything is capitalism.




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