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But what's a robot? Is a 3D printer a robot? (it has moving parts and builds things) is the Google Adwords code a robot? (it sure makes a lot of money) a quant

But what's a robot? Is a 3D printer a robot? (it has moving parts and builds things) is the Google Adwords code a robot? (it sure makes a lot of money) a quant hedge fund? Do you tax all computers by cost or value produced? Seems simpler to tax companies for making money. EDIT: We won't need middle-manager bots that show each other powerpoints all day. What "robot" would get taxed for the disappearance of that function?

goodJobWalrus 9y ago
In this context, I think he really talks about taxing capital (or capital investments that displace workers).
skummetmaelk 9y ago
>Seems simpler to tax companies for making money. Only if that money makes its way back to the people who would otherwise have been employed because of the robot tax.