Capital, AG

With AGI, powerful actors will lose their incentive to invest in regular people-just as resource-rich states today neglect their citizens because their wealth comes from natural resources rather than taxing human labor. This is the intelligence curse.

Increasingly powerful AI will trigger pyramid replacement: a systematic hollowing out of corporate structures that starts with entry-level hiring freezes and moves upward through waves of layoffs.

Forethought discusses the possibility of AI-enabled coups and suggests some steps to mitigate the risk.