# The Unexpected Economics of AGI - with Christian Catalini, Tech Founder and Co-Creator of Libra

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Podcast: [Beyond The Prompt - How to use AI in your company](https://stenobird.com/podcast/beyond-the-prompt-how-to-use-ai-in-your-company-6722126)
Published: 2026-06-24T05:00:00+00:00
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Christian Catalini, tech founder, co-creator of Meta's Libra, and founder of Lightspark, joins Beyond the Prompt to explore the unexpected economics of AGI. Drawing on his recent paper, he argues that as AI makes intelligence increasingly abundant, value shifts to what can't easily be automated, measured, or verified. The conversation explores what becomes scarce when intelligence is cheap, why the doomers may be wrong, and how AI could unlock entirely new waves of scientific discovery and innovation.

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