On Inherent AI Risk: “Extinction-Level Capitalism”

Matthew Butterick is a lawyer, programmer, writer, and designer. He’s written a long, interesting piece about the inherent risks of AI called Extinction-Level Capitalism . It is well-worth a read; I’ve excerpted several passages here but urge you read the whole thing . In prac­tice, certain people in a capi­talist liberal democ­racy tend to get increas­ingly rich. Absent coun­ter­mea­sures, the we