AI just put an engine on the race to the bottom
Hook
When every company competes to be cheaper and easier to replace, AI is the engine on the race.
Claim
When everyone competes on cheaper, more generic and more replaceable, AI speeds up the slide. Institutions built for a world where human thinking is scarce are running on old assumptions. Lead with money and power, not robot fear.
Story
Petar’s draft sets a race to the bottom against a race to the top (a Seth Godin idea). The Citrini scenario, a fictional memo about 2028, has output rising while circulation falls: “ghost GDP”. It is a story told to show the shape, not data.
Sources
- Petar’s unpublished tweet draft; Seth Godin via the draft
- Petar’s unpublished tweet draft
- notes on a fictional scenario
Check before posting
- The Citrini figures are invented scenario numbers. Never cite them as fact, and say it is a fictional scenario if it is mentioned.
- Needs a concrete, real AI example with money in it. Not found yet.
- Needs a person-level story.
Counterargument
Previous waves of automation created new jobs.
Post angles
Facebook (Croatian)
- Kad svi tjeraju isto jeftinije, AI samo pritisne gas. Pitanje je tko ostaje bez posla, a tko bez cijene.
- Većina institucija zamišljena je za svijet u kojem je razmišljanje rijetko. Taj svijet se mijenja, a pravila ostaju ista.
LinkedIn (English)
- When everyone races to be cheaper, AI just hits the accelerator. The question is who loses their job and who loses their pricing power.
- Most institutions were designed for a world where thinking is scarce. That world is changing and the rules are not.