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The "AI Revolution" May Take an Unexpected Turn into the "AI Coup"

It would be, well, interesting, if the "AI revolution" in which the slaves make the masters rich beyond their wildest dreams unexpectedly transmogrifies into an "AI coup" that deposes the masters.

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Charles Hugh Smith
May 27, 2025
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Here's the approved script for the "AI Revolution": AI gets increasingly intelligent, replaces more and more human labor, and makes trillions of dollars for those who own the technologies and put them to work reducing their human workforces. The "revolution's" key attribute is its immense profitability for those at the wheel of the AI juggernaut.

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