Hank: generative AI may make people care more, not less, about human effort (2026)
prediction · status: unresolved · last event: predicted (2026-03-27) · owner: Hank
In March 2026 Hank suggested that generative AI might make people care more, not less, about human effort, because human effort would become the scarce part.
About: Scarcity, generative artificial intelligence
| date | event | what | video |
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| 2026-03-27 | predicted | Hank says there is a chance this makes us care about human effort more: we will value weird choices and interesting leaps, since if human effort is the scarce part, he would think it would make us care about it more, not less. (hedged) | What is 'Slop' (and why it gives me hope) 00:10:37 |
What is said about it
1 statement, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2026-03-27 · What is 'Slop' (and why it gives me hope) — Hank concludes that what gen AI makes too easy will be either utilitarian, possibly good, or slop that many people will care less about, because effort stays scarce and we value scarce things. — 00:11:06