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Venkatesh Rao Likens Fears of AI Job Losses to Mercantilism

Engineer Venkatesh Rao sees the fear of AI-driven job loss as parallel to mercantilism, in which intelligence as a scarce resource could be controlled by elites.

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Engineer Venkatesh Rao sees the fear of AI-driven job loss as parallel to mercantilism, in which intelligence as a scarce resource could be controlled by elites.