Azeem Azhar's Exponential View The future of Human-AI coexistence, according to Kevin Kelly (co-founder of Wired, futurist, author)
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Mar 19, 2025 
Kevin Kelly, co-founder of Wired Magazine and visionary futurist, shares his bold insights on the future of AI. He discusses the implications of declining populations on economies and reimagines a bot-to-bot economy where humans might even be paid to read emails. Kelly explores how AI could enrich human purpose and the value shifts that may arise from a scarcity of people. He offers a thought-provoking glimpse into a world where human attention becomes a prized commodity, highlighting the essential balance between technology and human connection.
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The Baby Black Hole
- Modernity, high education, and increased living standards correlate with declining birth rates.
- Reversing declining birth rates has proven difficult, despite government interventions.
Population as a Temperature Check
- Declining birth rates are a common trend in modern, wealthy societies, impacting even emerging economies.
- This population decline is a significant shift, akin to a change in humanity's "temperature."
The Amish Takeover?
- Religious communities like the Amish, Mormons, and Hasidic Jews maintain high birth rates.
- One scenario is these communities becoming a larger portion of the population, but this would be a very slow process.