great bifurcation

noun

A point where the total automation of all human labor permanently divides humanity into the permanent underclass and those who own property and capital.

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Meanings

noungreat bifurcation (plural great bifurcations)

plural great bifurcations

  1. artificial intelligenceA point where the total automation of all human labor permanently divides humanity into the permanent underclass and those who own property and capital.

    People will endure a lot of indignity to avoid being left behind without VC money when the great bifurcation takes place. Nobody wants to be part of the permanent underclass.

    2026 March, Sam Kriss, “Child's Play: Tech's New Generation and the End of Thinking”, in Harper's Magazine
  2. Any event that irreversibly splits people into two groups.
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