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What's interesting is the creator of the site has listed on their linkedin that they're ... wait for it ... a co-founder at some generic AI startup with the goa

What's interesting is the creator of the site has listed on their linkedin that they're ... wait for it ... a co-founder at some generic AI startup with the goal of using AI agents to automate away manual jobs.

pocksuppet 5mo ago
So he's obviously on the winning side of this transaction. Hopefully the losing side is someone who isn't you. Maybe it's a VC fund.
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whiteblossom 5mo ago
are we not all slaves to the top hat?
keybored 5mo ago
Are we the Baddies? Yes, and how interesting. I could vibe a game about that.
- bbor 5mo ago
  There’s a lot more ways automation can turn out than “permanent underclasses”. It’s kinda like how some people build planes without supporting crashing them into things
  - tardedmeme 5mo ago
    He isn't building a plane but a device. What does the device do? He doesn't know.
- the_af 5mo ago
  > Are we the Baddies? Yes, and how interesting. I could vibe a game about that. The author's actual take is way less cynical. It seems he wanted to point out that a world where you try to save yourself at all costs while the majority suffers is not a good world. See: https://www.jasonwu.ink/signals/2026-05-27-permanent-upper-class https://www.jasonwu.ink/signals/2026-05-27-permanent-upper-c...
  - keybored 5mo ago
    Now I get it. The context read so badly because it was written as a critique of complete bugmen.
kubb 5mo ago
Understandig how the hammer falls tells you where to stand to avoid it.
- michaelteter 5mo ago
  Unless the hammer ultimately destroys the world. And it seems our escape rocket is no more.
root-parent 5mo ago
I grok that as the author having a sick sense of humor. I like it....
forgetfreeman 5mo ago
When did peddling dietary supplements and crypto go out of fashion?
- paulryanrogers 5mo ago
  When AI took the spotlight.
jxf 5mo ago
This is filthy undercrow talk!
jayd16 5mo ago
Write what you know.
UltraSane 5mo ago
Maybe he strongly supports UBI or a national dividend and understands how automation makes these much easier.
- the_af 5mo ago
  The author explains his opinion in a blog post, and it's not that: https://www.jasonwu.ink/signals/2026-05-27-permanent-upper-class https://www.jasonwu.ink/signals/2026-05-27-permanent-upper-c... It's simply: saving yourself (by getting rich or whatever) before AI puts us all out of a job is not good, because the majority of the world will suffer and that's not good for anyone.
Terr_ 5mo ago
What if the intended takeaway was something else like this? "Jumping so late onto the bandwagon by buying shares like that is for losers! Winners are people bold enough to be entrepreneurs who make the stuff and sell the shares. (Like I'm going to do, because I'm smarter than that crow.)" I must warn that it isn't the most charitable random-ass-theory of a stranger's worldview... but it would resolve the apparent inconsistency.
- the_af 5mo ago
  We know what the intended takeaway is because the author helpfully explained it in a blog post [1], and it's way less cynical than what you guessed: > A world where a majority of the population is suffering is not a world good for anyone. Even from a selfish perspective, does you making it into the elite class mean the people you care about will too? Who wants to eat caviar alone on the moon? I agree, though I would have stopped at the first sentence. -- [1] https://www.jasonwu.ink/signals/2026-05-27-permanent-upper-class https://www.jasonwu.ink/signals/2026-05-27-permanent-upper-c...

pocksuppet 5mo ago

So he's obviously on the winning side of this transaction. Hopefully the losing side is someone who isn't you. Maybe it's a VC fund.

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whiteblossom 5mo ago

are we not all slaves to the top hat?

keybored 5mo ago

Are we the Baddies? Yes, and how interesting. I could vibe a game about that.

bbor 5mo ago
There’s a lot more ways automation can turn out than “permanent underclasses”. It’s kinda like how some people build planes without supporting crashing them into things
- tardedmeme 5mo ago
  He isn't building a plane but a device. What does the device do? He doesn't know.
the_af 5mo ago
> Are we the Baddies? Yes, and how interesting. I could vibe a game about that. The author's actual take is way less cynical. It seems he wanted to point out that a world where you try to save yourself at all costs while the majority suffers is not a good world. See: https://www.jasonwu.ink/signals/2026-05-27-permanent-upper-class https://www.jasonwu.ink/signals/2026-05-27-permanent-upper-c...
- keybored 5mo ago
  Now I get it. The context read so badly because it was written as a critique of complete bugmen.

kubb 5mo ago

Understandig how the hammer falls tells you where to stand to avoid it.

michaelteter 5mo ago
Unless the hammer ultimately destroys the world. And it seems our escape rocket is no more.

root-parent 5mo ago

I grok that as the author having a sick sense of humor. I like it....

forgetfreeman 5mo ago

When did peddling dietary supplements and crypto go out of fashion?

paulryanrogers 5mo ago
When AI took the spotlight.

jxf 5mo ago

This is filthy undercrow talk!

jayd16 5mo ago

Write what you know.

UltraSane 5mo ago

Maybe he strongly supports UBI or a national dividend and understands how automation makes these much easier.

the_af 5mo ago
The author explains his opinion in a blog post, and it's not that: https://www.jasonwu.ink/signals/2026-05-27-permanent-upper-class https://www.jasonwu.ink/signals/2026-05-27-permanent-upper-c... It's simply: saving yourself (by getting rich or whatever) before AI puts us all out of a job is not good, because the majority of the world will suffer and that's not good for anyone.

Terr_ 5mo ago

What if the intended takeaway was something else like this? "Jumping so late onto the bandwagon by buying shares like that is for losers! Winners are people bold enough to be entrepreneurs who make the stuff and sell the shares. (Like I'm going to do, because I'm smarter than that crow.)" I must warn that it isn't the most charitable random-ass-theory of a stranger's worldview... but it would resolve the apparent inconsistency.

the_af 5mo ago
We know what the intended takeaway is because the author helpfully explained it in a blog post [1], and it's way less cynical than what you guessed: > A world where a majority of the population is suffering is not a world good for anyone. Even from a selfish perspective, does you making it into the elite class mean the people you care about will too? Who wants to eat caviar alone on the moon? I agree, though I would have stopped at the first sentence. -- [1] https://www.jasonwu.ink/signals/2026-05-27-permanent-upper-class https://www.jasonwu.ink/signals/2026-05-27-permanent-upper-c...