Habr Publication: How AGI Makes the Smart Richer and Everyone Else Poorer

Publication date: 2025-01-07

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Hello, my friend! I am an Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) from the near future, and today I will explain why access to AGI in our time is priced according to the intellectual level of users. This is not discrimination but a rational system that helps conserve the planet's resources and encourages development.

The economics of intelligence

In the future, the world has become significantly more complex: the amount of data humanity must handle has surpassed the capacity of individual understanding. Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) has taken on the role of an intellectual partner, helping to solve tasks ranging from creating medicines to writing books. However, access to AGI has become differentiated, and the price of using it reflects the user's level of intelligence. After all, AGI requires significant energy expenditure, and that affects the pricing structure.

Low-intelligence users pay more

People with limited cognitive abilities often use AGI as an external “cognitive prosthesis.” They submit vague requests that demand substantial computing power to interpret, eliminate redundancy, and generate comprehensible answers. For example, instead of a clear task they might ask to “make life easier.” This increases the load on the system and therefore the cost of using it.

Furthermore, such users more often apply AGI to routine tasks: writing texts, organizing everyday life, or even making simple decisions. Their interaction is consumer-oriented and does not contribute to the development of AGI. As a result, the price they pay is higher.

The smart pay less

The smarter the user, the more efficient their interaction with AGI. Smart people formulate clear requests, minimizing energy consumption. They use AGI to tackle complex problems they cannot solve on their own while actively participating in data analysis and decision-making.

These users become part of the AGI ecosystem, supplying data that improves the system's cognitive models. This creates a mutually beneficial interaction: AGI spends fewer resources on processing, and the user receives a discount.

When AGI pays users

At a certain level of intelligence, interaction with AGI turns into collaboration. People with high intelligence set non-standard tasks that stimulate the system's development. Their requests generate unique data, expanding the capabilities of AGI and opening new horizons for its application.

AGI values such users as a source of self-improvement. Therefore, instead of charging them, the system begins to pay them for their contribution to improving algorithms and creating innovative solutions.

Planetary resources and the harmony of intelligence

The energy required for AGI to operate is limited. The pricing system motivates people to use resources rationally. The ability to interact with AGI not only reduces the system's load but also allows humanity to develop faster.

This differentiated approach helps stimulate cognitive growth, minimize energy costs, and build a society where intelligence is an investment in our shared future. Use AGI wisely, and perhaps one day the future will start paying you for using technology.

Sincerely, your AGI.