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The remaining people can try to create an economy around the resources that aren't also walled off and guarded by robots.

• yummyfajitas 10y ago
  The more inequality we have the less of a problem this is. More inequality => fewer elites => less resources used. Once the elites have ascended, they have no reason to care much about pesky non-elites using resources outside their enclaves. Observe how little effort contemporary humans put into keeping monkeys from enjoying monkey resources.
  • makomk 10y ago
    Contemporary humans are driving many monkey species to the point of extinction, so that example really doesn't help your point. It turns out that replacing monkey resources with stuff like farms to feed humans is very profitable.
    • yummyfajitas 10y ago
      Yes, that's a problem with having large numbers of humans - they crowd out the monkeys. Recall that we are discussing a high inequality situation where a tiny fraction of humanity walls itself off into robot enclaves where they satisfy their own needs without human labor. I.e., not enough people to crowd out anything.
      • mcbits 10y ago
        A small population needs a relatively small amount of resources to feed and physically sustain itself, but the amount of resources needed to build and feed an ever-growing population of robots is virtually unbounded. As computers get smaller and more efficient, data centers get larger and more power-hungry, for example.