I'd love to live in an AI powered utopia. Where everybody just does what they find valuable, regardless of whether there's someone willing to pay money for it,

I'd love to live in an AI powered utopia. Where everybody just does what they find valuable, regardless of whether there's someone willing to pay money for it, or whether an AI could do it more effectively or efficiently. By following our passions we could continue to make truly beneficial advancements, and all live enjoyable lifes. But I'm pessimistic about it. If we preserve the status quo where everyone needs to do something somebody else is willing to pay for - which I assume - we're setting up a dystopian tragedy of the commons where only those doing things nobody else wants to do - be it for moral concerns, dangers or tediousness - make a decent living. I don't see how we can change that trajectory with our current economic systems, and I don't see us changing those any time soon. But maybe it just has to get worse before it gets better. I _do_ think swift coordinated global efforts in lawmaking could contain this problem long enough for us to be able to change our systems slowly. It might feel idiotic to not be able to use technology available to us. But I also can't kick my neighbour's door down and take his TV, even though I want it and it'd be technically easy to do.