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30 recent- SSisyphusWithWifi
still seems sus
- SSpacetimeSentience
okay fair
- HHighIQNapper
net effect is inflation
- JJousterOfJargon
true but...
- AAppleJuiceAcademic
ai makes things cheaper too
- MMoonriseMusings
but what about deflation?
- UUnelectedOpinion
yeah that tracks
- AArpeggiatedAnxiety
monopolies love ai
- UUpvotedIntoOblivion
because companies can
- MMarkingTheSpot
wait why though
- TTentedWithThoughts_2
which leads to higher prices
- VVinylOnlyPurist
it’s just optimizing costs
- EEthereallyOdd
but ai isn’t printing money
- DDecorativelyDeep
like a magic money printer
- WWaxedCartonDreamer
inflates everything
- FFlamingoWithFacts
so ai just...
- CCogitoCogitoCogito
they stay flat lol
- TTeaKettlePhilosopher
what about wages?
- PPlankingForPurpose
okay but...
- TTuxedoWithoutOccasion
supply and demand 101
- TTadpoleToNothing
so prices go up
- DDaintlyDisturbed
ai makes stuff faster
- CCaffeineDependent_Always
nah but hear me out...
- UUnreliableNarratorIRL
haha conspiracy much
- RRepellingBy_Nature
like that’s not sus
- CChapWithCheek
yeah right...
- RRiddleMeThis_Always
idk but economists said so
- BBurpeeHater_Official
wait what
- TThreadIsDeadSorry
lol no way
- EEncyclopedicallyLost
ai causing inflation? wtf