🔬 Science 1d ago · Namir Khaliq

The idea of a “permanent underclass” started as a meme. It’s tapping real anxieties in Silicon Valley.

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The idea of a “permanent underclass” started as a meme. It’s tapping real anxieties in Silicon Valley.
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A rationalist blog forum popular in the Bay Area, LessWrong is known for its sprawling, hyper-logical takes on everything from AI research to optimal reproductive strategies. But during the 2025 holiday season, a version of a post beginning with three concise and concerning sentences appeared on the site in dramatic fashion: “I turn 20 in January, and the world looks very strange. Probably, lots of jobs will be gone soon. Probably, the smartest thing alive will no longer be human.”
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