Labour-Replacing AI and the Future of Human Agency: A Call for Ambition Amid Existential Risks Kamal Acharya · Follow 4 min read · 1 hour ago — The emergence of labour-replacing AI — systems that can outperform human mental and physical labour in nearly all economically relevant tasks — poses profound challenges to the social, political, and economic structures that have defined human history. While many debates around AI’s impact focus on material concerns like employment, wealth distribution, and governance, this analysis argues for a broader perspective: labour-replacing AI risks locking humanity into a static society where dynamism, ambition, and human agency are severely diminished. This outcome would not just represent a failure of equitable distribution or alignment but an existential shift in what it means to be human. […]
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