jarpschope

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   by jarpschope 1mo ago

   I don't think you have an updated view of energy production. https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/07/20/how-globa... In the chart for section 3, how many countries have seen their share of e
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   by jarpschope 1mo ago

   I found this article more thorough: https://www.reuters.com/business/google-shakes-up-ai-leaders...
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   by jarpschope 4mo ago

   I guess we now have Veritasium, Jonny Harris, and the art of the problem instead.
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   by jarpschope 9mo ago

   There has been extensive debate around that topic since that paper came out. Some points to discuss: 1. Even the article you shared mentions that starting in 2003, earnings has stopped tracking productivity. "Total compensation remains
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   by jarpschope 9mo ago

   This is possible in theory. I think that if we look at inflation-adjusted productivity, and inflation-adjusted average income, then that would indeed prove increasing inequality, right? I believe the chart in this link is adjusted by inflat
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   by jarpschope 9mo ago

   Indeed that has not happened: https://tinyurl.com/3dutardj
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   by jarpschope 9mo ago

   Yeah, that definitely won't work at scale. The bar for what constitutes being "educated" keeps increasing. Previously it was knowing how to code, now it is having an ML PhD, for example. At the same time, AI keeps getting mor
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   by jarpschope 9mo ago

   If productivity is increasing but not average salary, then by definition the additional wealth is being taken by the owners of capital.
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   by jarpschope 2y ago

   Thanks for the wonderful explanation brother!
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    by jarpschope 2y ago

    > Inverted triangle That can't be the case my man. Even if there was a manager for every two employees below, the number of all managers at all levels would at most be equal to the number of employees at the lowest level given that:
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    by jarpschope 2y ago

    Would a superintelligence reach the conclusion that humans are a cancer on earth that must be destroyed? That's a better example at the core of the alignment issue. Some values that humans hold in high regard, like the continued existe