This notion that a "single commercial entity" stands to benefit is very wrong [1]. There will be fierce commercial competition, and many open-source non-commerc

This notion that a "single commercial entity" stands to benefit is very wrong [1]. There will be fierce commercial competition, and many open-source non-commercial options, for everyone to benefit from this technology. I'm all for redistributing the gains from automation and economic concentration generally. I see the ideal future as one where so much of the economy is automated that everyone is free to spend their time as they choose, like doing creative or social work. But I don't mean for this to become an argument about UBI. I just don't see any difference between your arguments and the classic Luddite arguments, and nobody seriously thinks that was a good idea anymore. People can still make money weaving and knitting things by hand; it's non-commodified and therefore considered premium. I'll still write software even in a future where 90% of todays widget-churning jobs have been automated, it will just be more interesting. [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35813322 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35813322