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The speaker says that in a future where AI systems surpass or dominate humans in many abilities and labor is automated, people will still need to steward their remaining capital.
Dwarkesh Patel · Ryan Greenblatt – What happens once AI can automate AI research? · 11 Aug 2026
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“but in a world where we just have these benefits which accrue to the leading labs,”
“it is worth considering that our ability to interact with the future world where AIs are just smarter than humans or absolutely dominating humans in their ability to do different things,”
“our ability to be good stewards of our capital,”
“which still remains once our labor is automated,”Play from 56:25Report a misattribution
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