The document warns of the "intelligence curse," a potential consequence of advanced AI (AGI) where powerful entities lose their incentive to invest in people as AI automates work[cite: 13, 297]. This could lead to job displacement, reduced social mobility, and a concentration of power and wealth based on AI ownership, similar to the "resource curse" in resource-rich states[cite: 17, 18, 31, 329, 353]. To counter this, the authors propose averting AI catastrophes to prevent centralization, diffusing AI widely to keep humans economically relevant, and democratizing institutions to remain anchored to human needs[cite: 22, 23, 25, 35, 36, 37, 566].
Today I decided to cancel my PRO subscription for Hugging Face. I had a lot of fun with it but with the current changes to API and allowed limits I think it isn't worth it anymore. So I just turned everything off and cancelled my subscription. It feels like one of these movies scenes where you see an old computerlab and someone putting big white sheets over it and closing the door behind him. I am not going, I am not gone, but watching through the glass window of the door that I just closed.