i had a heated debate this weekend with a close friend about AI enabling billion dollar solopreneurs.
he argued: if solopreneurs lean on AI to run lean, everyone will be out of a job.
the world is worse off, your wealth is less enjoyable, and everyone will hate you.
i argued: the tools to achieve a billion as solopreneur are available to everyone.
few will achieve $1b, but everyone else has the freedom to create companies and make a living on their own terms.
he made a great counterpoint that consumer demand isn’t limitless. there isn’t room for millions of one‑person outfits.
most of the value creation will end up consolidating to a few and everyone else is left fighting for scraps to survive.
and that might be true.
but the evolutions of the internet have demonstrated that when there are more tools for value creation, demand splinters into more micro-niches and the pie grows.
kim kardashian has hundreds of millions of followers on instagram. but she isn't the only social media influencer.
mr. beast has hundreds of millions of subscribers on youtube, but he isn't the only content creator.
ninja has tens of millions of followers on twitch, but he isn't the only streamer.
there are literally millions of people around the world earning a sustainable living as content creators.
that wasn't the case 10 years ago.
the internet made distribution free and content exploded, opening up a new category of career paths.
what happens when AI makes software free?
better yet, what happens when AI makes a workforce cheap?
i think history suggests we’ll adapt, up‑skill and reinvent and ultimately grow the pie.
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