We’re building robots to give us back the life we already had before we built the system that stole it.

AI is shaping up to be the single largest misallocation of capital and energy in human history.

Trillions poured into data centers burning enough energy to power nations.

Draining enough water to empty rivers.

For what?

A slightly better cold email.

Celebrity deepfakes.

Customer support chatbots nobody wants to talk to anyway.

We’re burning the Physical World to pollute the Digital World.

And we’re supposed to believe the guy who begged to go to Epstein Island is going to save us?

I’m not falling for it.

AI is great for automating repetitive work.

But has anyone asked: “Why are we drowning in repetitive work in the first place?”

We’ve built lives filled with tasks humans were never designed to do.

Now we’re racing to create an unlivable world where robots do 100% of the work humans were never supposed to do in the first place.

They’ll tell you we’re automating toward freedom.

“A world where you can do whatever you want.”

Whatever we want?

There was once a fisherman sitting on a beach, lines in the water, enjoying the sun.

A businessman in a suit walked up and asked what he was doing.

“Fishing,” the fisherman said.

“How long will you fish today?”

“A few hours. Maybe catch enough for dinner.”

The businessman saw opportunity.

“Listen. If you fished all day, you could catch more. Sell the extra fish. Buy a second boat. Hire men to fish for you. In 20 years, you could sell the whole operation, retire rich, and spend your days relaxing on the beach.”

The fisherman looked at him.

“What do you think I’m doing right now?”

We’re building robots to give us back the life we already had before we built the system that stole it.

– Andre Gonsalves