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  "text": "I'm a slow learner. And a minor in economics. \n\nI interviewed @VitalikButerin back when he was just starting. He developed Ethereum. If I was fast I would have bought some. When I interviewed him an Ethereum cost $2. Today it costs a LOT more.\n\nSame with understanding the new economic model that's coming. People in San Francisco say \"don't worry about jobs, we are headed toward an age of abundance.\"\n\nHard to get on that train as I see family and friends struggling economically after getting laid off. \n\nBut this message from @elonmusk made it all click for me. \n\nWe are, indeed, headed into a world where AI and robots do most of our current jobs. Anthropic's own engineers believe that AI will be able to do half of all jobs within two years, I heard from an investor who recently gave a speech there and asked them.\n\nWe all feel it and know it. AI is taking away our jobs. \n\nBeen seeing many messages along these lines on X's AI community. And normies are hating AI for it. \n\nWe all hate change, even me. \n\nThe only real answer is not to slow down, but accelerate through this moment of pain. \n\nI recently had dinner with a woman who is running a new construction robot company. Her robot can tie rebar 6x faster than a human. And the humans who do that job? They have the highest injury rate in construction, she told me. Robots don't get hurt. \n\nIf we accelerate we get to the world where AI agents and robots do all of our shitty jobs. \n\nWhich, let's be honest, almost all jobs suck. I've had jobs all my life and had some of the best ones that humans can ever have (I got paid to walk around Microsoft with a video camera, remember). Even that job sucked. A robot could do that even better. \n\nHere is proof of that. Asked Grok to simulate a conversation on this topic between a simulated Robert Scoble and a simulated Elon Musk: https://t.co/OjU9hJcxXE\n\nIn 10 years when there are millions of Optimus, or other humanoids, walking around, they will be able to do even our most \"fun\" jobs. \n\nWhich will leave us to do new jobs. Like setting up shop in a Holodeck that most people don't yet see. Or building new things for robots to do. Like entertainment most people can't yet see either. \n\nGrok lays it out. Acceleration is the right answer. Get us through this period of maximum pain fast so we can get on the other side where there is a lot of fun to be had.",
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