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0 pointsrandusername6d ago0 comments

> I find it hard to empathise with people who can't get value out of AI

> But that extra value doesn't accrue to individuals, it accrues to business owners.

What is value?

Is a 2X faster lumberjack 2X as valuable? Sure

Is a 2X faster programmer 2X as valuable? At what, fixing bugs? Adding features? That's not how the "ownership class" would define value.

Productivity is a measure of efficiency, not growth. Slashing labor costs while maintaining the status quo is still a big productivity gain.

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sd96d ago

> Slashing labor costs while maintaining the status quo is still a big productivity gain.

Maybe I didn't express myself properly, but I think we agree, at least on this point?

Besides this effect, of enabling smaller teams to produce the same results, I think there is a larger effect coming where fundamentally different structures produce the same or better results as last year. I just don't think we've completely figured out what that looks like yet.

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