AI will grow industries

Garry Tan’s tweet nails it: every time tech “kills” an industry, it actually supercharges it. The spreadsheet didn’t destroy accounting—it made it boom. The camera didn’t kill painting—it birthed photography, cinema, and a whole new creative economy.

Why it works

• Technology removes grunt work so humans can focus on creativity and strategy
• Each breakthrough triggers new skills, jobs, and markets
• New tools change how we do the work, not why we do it
• Markets expand when production gets cheaper and faster

Examples

• Photoshop grew design, not destroyed it
• Shopify turned small shopkeepers into global retailers
• YouTube created a multibillion-dollar creator economy
• GPT tools are making writers faster, not obsolete