Daniel Priestley
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What's happened is we've invented a technology that is going to fundamentally change the nature of the economy in society Imagine a couple hundred years ago a hundred guys are out plowing a field on a farm and two young guys turn up with a tractor and they say watch this and They drive the tractor up and down and they plow a whole field in a day that would have taken a hundred guys a month right and
What's happened is we've invented a technology that is going to fundamentally change the nature of the economy in society Imagine a couple hundred years ago a hundred guys are out plowing a field on a farm and two young guys turn up with a tractor and they say watch this and They drive the tractor up and down and they plow a whole field in a day that would have taken a hundred guys a month right and
When that happens one time, that's called a singularity moment. And a singularity means we don't know what the future looks like now. We can't see around the corner. Because every single guy says, well, what are we all going to do? It only takes two guys to plow a field. We don't need to plow that many fields.
When that happens one time, that's called a singularity moment. And a singularity means we don't know what the future looks like now. We can't see around the corner. Because every single guy says, well, what are we all going to do? It only takes two guys to plow a field. We don't need to plow that many fields.
And what actually happened is that 97, 98% of the people who used to work on farms got completely displaced. By the late 1800s, early 1900s, all the farmers had moved to the cities and all the people who worked in agriculture had to move to the cities. We didn't know what the jobs would look like. So even my grandfather, try and explain to my grandfather why. what is a personal trainer?
And what actually happened is that 97, 98% of the people who used to work on farms got completely displaced. By the late 1800s, early 1900s, all the farmers had moved to the cities and all the people who worked in agriculture had to move to the cities. We didn't know what the jobs would look like. So even my grandfather, try and explain to my grandfather why. what is a personal trainer?
So I have fitness back in the day. I say to my grandfather, imagine if I said to my, he's passed away, but imagine if I said to my grandfather, well, I don't really want to go to the gym. So I pay a guy to meet me there. And then he counts how many heavy things that I lift and tells me that I've done a great job. And then he makes another time for me to meet at the gym.
So I have fitness back in the day. I say to my grandfather, imagine if I said to my, he's passed away, but imagine if I said to my grandfather, well, I don't really want to go to the gym. So I pay a guy to meet me there. And then he counts how many heavy things that I lift and tells me that I've done a great job. And then he makes another time for me to meet at the gym.
And my grandfather would go, what on earth? Like, are you guys being scammed? Like, what is going on? It's like, yeah. And he's like, how many people have a personal trainer? Well, lots of people. It's a whole industry, right? So this idea of the personal training, you know, or a therapist or, you know, all of these couples.
And my grandfather would go, what on earth? Like, are you guys being scammed? Like, what is going on? It's like, yeah. And he's like, how many people have a personal trainer? Well, lots of people. It's a whole industry, right? So this idea of the personal training, you know, or a therapist or, you know, all of these couples.
Or a podcaster. Yeah. The idea that you could be creating content and putting it on a free platform and anyone can watch it and you don't need permission to do it. All of this. We've hit a singularity moment.
Or a podcaster. Yeah. The idea that you could be creating content and putting it on a free platform and anyone can watch it and you don't need permission to do it. All of this. We've hit a singularity moment.
The singularity moment is as soon as that AI created the first legal agreement that was a real-life legal agreement, the legal profession, we know that 97 percent of people don't need to be lawyers anymore. As soon as the first AI diagnosed an illness, We know that general practitioners are going to be, 97% of general practitioners don't need to be there anymore.
The singularity moment is as soon as that AI created the first legal agreement that was a real-life legal agreement, the legal profession, we know that 97 percent of people don't need to be lawyers anymore. As soon as the first AI diagnosed an illness, We know that general practitioners are going to be, 97% of general practitioners don't need to be there anymore.
They're going to do something different. Life is going to look very different. Unfortunately, I got a bad prediction for you. There's going to be the bifurcation of society in the short term. What does that mean? It means that it splits in two. And what it means is that, I'll tell you what, AI has two superpowers. Superpower number one is the ability to distract. Huge distraction.
They're going to do something different. Life is going to look very different. Unfortunately, I got a bad prediction for you. There's going to be the bifurcation of society in the short term. What does that mean? It means that it splits in two. And what it means is that, I'll tell you what, AI has two superpowers. Superpower number one is the ability to distract. Huge distraction.
Huge distraction. It's like it's a massive distraction. Yeah.
Huge distraction. It's like it's a massive distraction. Yeah.