ai is already eating into marginal costs, especially for things like services, data analysis, & creative output—supply-side efficiency is already skyrocketing. 

but people dismissing it often don’t realize the *demand-side feedback loops* it creates too. automation doesn’t just displace jobs; it creates new consumption patterns by making entirely new markets possible (& cheaper to scale).

even if ai dev froze rn, the second-order effects would keep propagating. productivity gains, industry reshuffling, wealth redistribution (or consolidation lol), all set in motion already. dismissing ai is pure luddism mixed with intellectual laziness. economics doesn’t stop just bc you don’t vibe with the implications.