For many ordinary people, the most tragic part is that their inherent abilities are easily replaceable, yet they resist AI. Throughout history, every productivity revolution has experienced the same thing. If the Jin merchants didn't know how to use an abacus, they couldn't have become as wealthy as a nation. If the entrepreneurs during the reform and opening-up period didn't know how to use calculators, they couldn't have expanded their businesses nationwide. If white-collar workers in the 1990s didn't know how to use computers, they would have struggled to benefit from the era. If people after 2000 didn't know how to go online, they would have missed out on the internet's dividends.



The abacus didn't replace merchants, the calculator didn't replace accountants, the computer didn't replace white-collar workers, and the internet didn't replace entrepreneurs. They only made those who could use them far surpass those who couldn't. The biggest gap in the future won't be in education or IQ, but: one group leveraging AI to improve themselves, and another group rejecting AI. The real danger isn't AI itself, but working with old methods when a new era arrives.
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