It seems obvious to me that if we can be a lot more productive with a lot less human work we will have to change the way our economy works. That’s a challenge a

It seems obvious to me that if we can be a lot more productive with a lot less human work we will have to change the way our economy works. That’s a challenge and we might very well fail but I don’t think it’s impossible. Should we succeed the elimination of the need for humans to work would obviously be very positive [+]. You seem to me a bit to quick at brushing that possibility aside. I think that it is already not true that attempts at economic redistribution have never succeeded. I know that Germany and many other European nations already redistribute money on a relatively massive scale (unemployment benefits, child benefits, and so on). My knowledge about the US is somewhat limited but I would bet that there are at least some redistributive policies in place. [+] Barring other possible problems with AI like it killing all humans.