Post-AGI Economics Part 1: When Labor Disappears

As AI systems grow more capable, we're approaching a fundamental rupture:‍ What happens when human labor is no longer essential for economic productivity?‍ This essay explores the implications of that shift—from collapsing labor-capital contracts to rising economic disempowerment, and what it means for the future of human agency.‍ “The real danger of a post-labor world isn’t that it fails, but that it works… without us.”

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