Derek Thompson

Look, the truth is, I think he's right about every single thing in that clip, except for the last sentence, right? Like, yes, there will be lots of jobs available for people, even in a world in which artificial intelligence is essentially PhD or beyond PhD level smart at every single possible discipline. We will need taste, for example, in music. We'll still listen to human musicians.

We'll still eat food that's cooked by human chefs and delivered by human chefs with human, you know, line chefs. He said at the end that VCs are basically like therapists. We'll also need human therapists. It's funny that he was like- Are you sure? Well, look, don't get me too deep into this. I do think that a lot of people will turn to AI therapy, but my hope is that it'll be like a-

We'll still eat food that's cooked by human chefs and delivered by human chefs with human, you know, line chefs. He said at the end that VCs are basically like therapists. We'll also need human therapists. It's funny that he was like- Are you sure? Well, look, don't get me too deep into this. I do think that a lot of people will turn to AI therapy, but my hope is that it'll be like a-

We'll still eat food that's cooked by human chefs and delivered by human chefs with human, you know, line chefs. He said at the end that VCs are basically like therapists. We'll also need human therapists. It's funny that he was like- Are you sure? Well, look, don't get me too deep into this. I do think that a lot of people will turn to AI therapy, but my hope is that it'll be like a-

It'll be a little bit like Jevin's paradox, where if the cost of therapy goes down, more people will be asking like therapy-like questions of AI. But fundamentally, a lot of them will be like, you know what I really need?

It'll be a little bit like Jevin's paradox, where if the cost of therapy goes down, more people will be asking like therapy-like questions of AI. But fundamentally, a lot of them will be like, you know what I really need?

It'll be a little bit like Jevin's paradox, where if the cost of therapy goes down, more people will be asking like therapy-like questions of AI. But fundamentally, a lot of them will be like, you know what I really need?

I'm married to a clinical psychologist, so my feeling here is that therapy words are good, and they belong in 15-minute therapy sessions. And therapy words do not belong as a primary lens for interpreting our politics. I think there's going to be a ton of jobs left for people, even in a world in which AI turns out to be very, very good at a lot of different things.

I'm married to a clinical psychologist, so my feeling here is that therapy words are good, and they belong in 15-minute therapy sessions. And therapy words do not belong as a primary lens for interpreting our politics. I think there's going to be a ton of jobs left for people, even in a world in which AI turns out to be very, very good at a lot of different things.

I'm married to a clinical psychologist, so my feeling here is that therapy words are good, and they belong in 15-minute therapy sessions. And therapy words do not belong as a primary lens for interpreting our politics. I think there's going to be a ton of jobs left for people, even in a world in which AI turns out to be very, very good at a lot of different things.

I'm not worried about full unemployment. That said, it's... There are a lot of jobs that have taste and have an element of human to human therapeutizing. VCs are probably on that list, but they're not like the final species, like the final cockroach that's going to survive like the nuclear implosion of AI. They're one of like 20,000 jobs that have these features.

I'm not worried about full unemployment. That said, it's... There are a lot of jobs that have taste and have an element of human to human therapeutizing. VCs are probably on that list, but they're not like the final species, like the final cockroach that's going to survive like the nuclear implosion of AI. They're one of like 20,000 jobs that have these features.

I'm not worried about full unemployment. That said, it's... There are a lot of jobs that have taste and have an element of human to human therapeutizing. VCs are probably on that list, but they're not like the final species, like the final cockroach that's going to survive like the nuclear implosion of AI. They're one of like 20,000 jobs that have these features.

And that's precisely why I don't think we're entering a world in which humans are fully disemployed.

And that's precisely why I don't think we're entering a world in which humans are fully disemployed.

And that's precisely why I don't think we're entering a world in which humans are fully disemployed.

I mean, everything that you said, imagine if you then told your 10-year-ago self, and the first cardinal policy that they'll employ in economics is to raise the taxes on Elsa dolls being manufactured in China. It's just so fucking stupid.

I mean, everything that you said, imagine if you then told your 10-year-ago self, and the first cardinal policy that they'll employ in economics is to raise the taxes on Elsa dolls being manufactured in China. It's just so fucking stupid.

I mean, everything that you said, imagine if you then told your 10-year-ago self, and the first cardinal policy that they'll employ in economics is to raise the taxes on Elsa dolls being manufactured in China. It's just so fucking stupid.

How did that happen? It's funny that you said that. That entire question, I was like, God, I've literally had this conversation to myself in my head. If you had told 2015 Derek that there was a Republican administration and Mark Andreessen and Elon Musk, the 2015 versions of Mark Andreessen and Elon Musk were going to be two of the more important stewards of American science and tech policy.