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I mean he's right. A system where ubi is just handed out to placate the unenpowered is a recipe for disaster.
We NEED real power, including economic. Why would your vote matter if the military doesn't need you, why would your purchasing power matter if you don't produce anything, etc. People may have intrinsic worth but intrinsic worth doesn't the levers of power pull.
Do you think that's possible to achieve? If all necessary labour can be accomplished by AI, where would this power come from?
Not gonna happen in our lifetime. But it's fun to think about i guess
The world isn't going to be uninhabitable within our lifetimes either. Doesn't mean we don't have a responsibility towards future generations in making sure we head in the right direction.
I do think its possible but my bet is more on the probability that it will be leveraged to commodify and further alienate labor so that that power can be leveraged less.
The tools used to align the machines is where that power would reside in. A kind of church caste for the machine with the purpose of giving meaning.