causal claim
The economy's people, vehicles, machines, and buildings collectively reproduce and expand those components.
Daniel Kokotajlo · AI 2040: Plan A report - Daniel Kokotajlo & Thomas Larsen · 8 Sep 2026
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“it's a self-replicating system where we have people,”
“we have trucks,”
“we have machines,”
“we have buildings,”
“and together they all build more people, more factories,”
“more buildings,”
“more machines,”
“and so forth.”32:08Report a misattribution
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