Stop pretending you know what AI does to the economy

Comments (3)

anovikov · 6h ago

After all, one of the first things AI will improve is law enforcement. It must be totally achievable to do very precise crime prediction basing on analysis of people's movement and faces in the streets from cameras, it's just that we no longer have algorithms for this, but AI will for sure help create it. It's a lot easier than say, level 5 self-driving, at least it looks like this to a layman like me.

If crime won't be a big problem, and entertainment for sure won't be, either (everyone will watch an AI-tailored TV program best suiting themselves, even with movies self-customising based on individual viewers' learned preferences), then what else is the problem about inequality? At least as long as the overall economy does not fall, and for sure it won't, because there's no "replacement of people" unless AI vastly improves productivity.

kassner · 5h ago

29 years ought to be enough to create the Precrime department

bediger4000 · 4h ago

AI in law enforcement almost certainly won't be used that way - it will predict white collar crime, like wage theft, efficiently, and that will be its downfall.

Navigating AI Dementia: Strategies for Safe Rollback

Dear Sam Altman

Can Software Be Durable?

Ask HN: US expats/nomads, how do you find remote-out-of-US jobs in US?

After vibe coding, AI code feels numb and meaningless

I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA

Ask HN: Recommendation for good app to read ArXiv on iOS?

Ask HN: Having terrible time with paid versions of ChatGPT and Claude

Ask HN: Any active COBOL devs here? What are you working on?

CrushFTP zero-day alert – patch now

Metis Agent Starter Kit – Build production AI agents in minutes, not weeks

Ask HN: What Pocket alternatives did you move to?

Ask HN: What could I build to make your life a little easier?

Ask HN: What's the competitive advantage these days?

Ask HN: What's Your Useful Local LLM Stack?

Which SaaS have you been able to replace with AI?

How do you retain what you read from nonfiction books?

Ask HN: Will AI models over time converge into the same system?

Ask HN: Does anyone have OpenBSD projects looking for unpaid/paid help?

Ask HN: Is it time to fork HN into AI/LLM and "Everything else/other?"

Ask HN: OpenAI zero'd balance (actual money, not free credits) after inactivity

Tell HN: Notion Desktop is monitoring your audio and network

Ask HN: Changing Developer Career Specialty

Ask HN: Is clearing browser data (cookies, cache, history) enough?

Ask HN: How do you stay on top of AI tech?

Ask HN: GCP Outage?

Ask HN: How are you tracking dev productivity without feeling micromanaging?

Ask HN: Where do you guys find audiobooks?

Ask HN: What is the state of support for mutable torrents?

Ask HN: What is the best way to learn 3D modeling for 3D printing?

Ask HN: Cursor is using 269,738 tokens to edit 1200 token file

Ask HN: Is OpenAI Acquiring Cursor?

Google raising Nest Aware Plus pricing by 25%

Ask HN: How do you find free academic/scientific material?

Stop pretending you know what AI does to the economy

Comments (3)