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Historian Yuval Noah Harari posits a future where AI and automation render human consumers unnecessary for economic prosperity. According to Harari, closed-loop AI systems, powered by corporations driven by artificial intelligence, could potentially function independently, cutting out human participation. He highlights the emergence of algorithms as consumers themselves, referencing stock market algorithms and Google’s search algorithm as examples of AI entities already shaping markets and content. The thought-provoking discussion originated on Reddit’s Artificial Intelligence subreddit, where users explored the implications of this potential future. [Link to discussion: https://old.reddit.com/r/artificial/comments/1njddp4/some_argue_that_humans_could_never_become/]