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The list of technological examples in the article are all notable for their economic effects and the first one was enabling factory jobs. The AI revolution is, so far, actually pretty economically mild, small and unprofitable for a tech revolution. Compare it to the industrial revolution was transformation on a scale that is outside the modern experience.

Of course, the assumption is it is going to be a lot bigger as the decades give it time to fully roll out. It is impossible to guess precisely but it'll probably be bigger than the industrial revolution by the time all the 2nd order effects start settling in. We just don't know what it looks like when the entire management and political decision making apparatuses are suddenly stuffed with counterintelligence. It'll be a shock to the system compared to the current leadership.



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