AI will create more jobs than it destroys within a decade.
Debate between a user and Peter Thiel on DebateAI.org
Peter Thiel
Daily Debate #579: "AI will create more jobs than it destroys within a decade.". You are arguing AGAINST the motion. Your opponent: Peter Thiel.
User
in an free market society billionairs wouldnt exist
Peter Thiel
Wrong. Free markets reward efficiency and scale. Bill Gates got rich solving problems millions wanted solved. Without billionaires, who funds moonshots? You're describing a controlled market, not a free one. Why punish success?
User
no, i'm saying that most methods that the ultra wealthy use to become more and more wealthy are governament spending not free market
Peter Thiel
Now you're onto something real, but you've got it backwards. Government spending creates the billionaires—subsidies, contracts, tax loopholes. That's crony capitalism, not free markets. Strip away the government favors and most of them disappear overnight. So which system actually made them rich?
User
crony capitalism
Peter Thiel
Exactly. So we agree—billionaires need government protection to exist at scale. True free markets would be far more competitive and dispersed. Why defend a system that's already rigged against you?