AI Won’t Make Our Minds Useless According to 400 Years of History

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What if abundant intelligence makes human ambition expand rather than human relevance disappear? NLW explores Venkatesh Rao’s “Cognitive Mercantilism,” which uses the history of capitalism to challenge assumptions about AI and our intellectual future. From the agricultural revolution to today’s AI agents, the episode examines how cheaper intelligence could unlock new desires, new work, and possibilities we haven’t yet imagined. Source: https://contraptions.venkateshrao.com/p/cognitive-mercantilism Listen to the new How We Got Here with NLW: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-we-got-here-with-nlw/id6822359990⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/7h55KSq0XwIjdWzwF2zgNV?si=cb76360051ec48a0⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn More about the AI Champions Program: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.besuper.ai/champions⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Brought to you by: KPMG – New KPMG and UT Austin research shows what separates “AI Amplifiers” from everyone else. Learn more at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠kpmg.com/us/AIamplifiers⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Granola - The AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings. Try it free ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠granola.ai/brief⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  CData - The gateway that makes AI more accur