AI 'productivity pollution': the hidden tax on everyone
AI 'productivity pollution': the hidden tax on everyoneOne person's AI-fueled productivity causes extra work for everyone else. It's time to stop the delusional thinking about AI.Aug 12, 2026∙ Paid11ShareSILICON VALLEY, CALIFORNIA (AUGUST 12, 2026) — Early refrigerators ran on ammonia, methyl chloride, and sulfur dioxide. These gases were toxic, flammable, and deadly to families that owned refrigerators.
- ▪AI 'productivity pollution': the hidden tax on everyoneOne person's AI-fueled productivity causes extra work for everyone else.
- ▪It's time to stop the delusional thinking about AI.Aug 12, 2026∙ Paid11ShareSILICON VALLEY, CALIFORNIA (AUGUST 12, 2026) — Early refrigerators ran on ammonia, methyl chloride, and sulfur dioxide.
- ▪These gases were toxic, flammable, and deadly to families that owned refrigerators.
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| Original publisher | Hacker News (AI / LLM) |
| Canonical URL | https://www.machinesociety.ai/p/productivitypollution |
| Publication time | Wed, 12 Aug 2026 16:58:09 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-08-12T17:11:37.332Z |
| Last seen | 2026-08-12T17:11:37.332Z |
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AI 'productivity pollution': the hidden tax on everyoneOne person's AI-fueled productivity causes extra work for everyone else. It's time to stop the delusional thinking about AI.Aug 12, 2026∙ Paid11ShareSILICON VALLEY, CALIFORNIA (AUGUST 12, 2026) — Early refrigerators ran on ammonia, methyl chloride, and sulfur dioxide. These gases were toxic, flammable, and deadly to families that owned refrigerators. So in 1928, Thomas Midgley Jr. solved the problem by inventing chlorofluorocarbons to replace the toxic gases used in refrigerators.Over the ensuing decades, chlorofluorocarbons from refrigerators destroyed the Earth’s ozone layer, the ultraviolet shield protecting every living thing on Earth.
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