Paradigm Shifts and AGI: How Artificial General Intelligence Could Rewrite Our Economic Rules

Thu, 22 May 2025 08:30:00 -0400

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how quickly AI is advancing, and I keep coming back to the same question: Are we really prepared for what’s coming? Not just technically, but economically and socially?

Last month, I spent some time diving into Thomas Kuhn’s concept of paradigm shifts—those moments when our fundamental understanding of something completely transforms. The more I read about AGI (Artificial General Intelligence), the more convinced I am that we’re standing at the edge of exactly this kind of transformation in economics. And honestly? It’s both fascinating and terrifying.

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Paradigm Shifts and AGI: How Artificial General Intelligence Could Rewrite Our Economic Rules