Prakash@8teAPi
5 Contrarian AGI Predictions
1) Everyone will be working all the time - in the US, rich people work more. Typical banker, lawyer, doctor, CEO hours are 12-16 hours a day. Work provides meaning (men are most likely to die in the 1 year after they retire), status, colleagues etc. So as society gets richer, more people will work longer hours. AGI will help people find niches that best utilize their skills. That allow everyone to have a flow ikigai experience.
2) Crypto will be a thing - the market will need to show growth without inflation, and crypto is one of the few places this is possible. Cycles of crypto wealth will be similar to Bitcoin, at first looking like a scam, then iteratively becoming more real until it merges with the regular market. This allows innovation to be funded with high risk appetite funding at the early stages, then merged to main. Look for early breakouts of ideas in small markets then getting bigger as they permeate
3) Cults - AGI will empower visionaries to create pure versions of their dreams. Look for Margaritaville’s, Disneylands, Singapores. With the principal agent problem disappearing, you will see pockets of pure vibe out there.
4) Political Upheaval - Arab Spring every spring everywhere. Existing elite power structures which are unable to adapt to the entry of new and powerful entrants will be under great stress. Expect civil wars in a number of countries and small numbers of elite refugees fleeing as they get deposed.
5) Disclosures- upgraded agentic search will be like a worldwide doxxing of secrets. Especially those who escaped scrutiny through obscurity for eg you will likely be able to track every last Nazi dollar that went into South America post world war 2, or the sources of funding for current bad guys. Or who disappeared political activists during the Cold War in a number of third world countries. Like the post apartheid truth and reconciliation except with no reconciliation.