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Aug 20Liked by Kevin Kohler

Nice piece on technological unemployment and fluid intelligence. This seems to be a good “thought model” as to why “this time may be different.”

Though, as these things go, the future is all but impossible to predict. Perhaps humans could retain their “edge” by merging with the machines themselves? Brain implants can give humans superhuman capabilities, conceivably, around the time AGI or ASI arrives.

This is something I will touch on soon at Risk & Progress.

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Thanks! Yes, that's good point. My intuition is that even with the merge it might be difficult to keep pace at some point, but haven't thought about it deeply yet. Looking forward to reading your piece on it!

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