Emad Mostaque: Cognitive Labor Value Zero in 800 Days

Emad Mostaque, creator of Stable Diffusion, sets an 800-day countdown to the point where human cognitive labor value drops to zero, aligning with Ben Goertzel's two-year estimate. He draws the parallel that just as crypto demands self-custody of keys, AI demands ownership of models to avoid renting cognition from platforms. Governments will layer licenses, KYC and surveillance on frontier systems, creating digital feudalism where five companies control intelligence. Owning open-source models becomes the sole path to sovereignty amid the AI industry impact on jobs and the broader crypto market crash dynamics in decentralized compute.