>There is the idea of universal income, but then that theoretically just keeps this sort of insanity going longer. Yeah, that's the real issue, at some point,

>There is the idea of universal income, but then that theoretically just keeps this sort of insanity going longer. Yeah, that's the real issue, at some point, AI will likely render capitalism as "unmaintainable" - but humans aren't very good at changing, and switching from capitalism to some kind of post-scarcity Star Trek economy is going to "hurt" too many of the rich and powerful for them to agree to it - so it will be fought. It will be fought with the armies that the rich and powerful control - and it will be very, very bloody. I don't think I'll live to see it (I'm almost 50), but I think it will happen.