Comments by "Roni Levarez" (@ronilevarez901) on "AI Gone WILD: Google's New AI - SEMANTICA, Elon Musk Says No One Will Work Anymore!" video.
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@OZtwo well, in my country we have VAT, so everyone pays taxes every time we make a purchase, no matter if we want it or not, so I never thing about countries like USA that don't have that tax, sorry 😅
Government handling money (almost ) universally is already implemented in Mexico. Single mothers, students at most levels of education, people with disabilities and the elderly have been getting a monthly payment from the government for the last few years and the world is still spinning here.
However it's not without issues, that's true.
Political opposition and rich people all are against this "universal aid" system and some economists warn that it might cause a major economical disaster to Mexico in the upcoming years. Only time will tell, but so far we are an unwilling field test that shows UBI might work in other countries. If that holds when applied worldwide, that's another question.
And war, well. Humans don't really need big excuses for that, right?
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@OZtwo that... Will be another socioeconomic system, no?
Do your work and receive food, shelter and medical services, but no money.
However I think we'll have mixed results.
Like I said, taxes will be paid by corporations.
Governments will make most of their money from tourism and exploitation of natural resources and such and people will be given only the most necessary stuff to survive.
Then, some people with more acquisitive power (illegal) will be able to buy robots that they'll rent to corporations for cheap and that will make them the new middle class, along with the few geniuses capable of producing genuine art and science beyond AI capabilities (true creativity will still be appreciated). They'll keep paying for things, like a candy in the street or under the table, to speed up some results or bend justice as has always been. That will make up the real economy. But yes, the rest of us will be almost slaves, like you say.
And we'll have to accept it, as we have (mostly) accepted everything so far. Everyone will be healthy and fed, with a house and school, so there will be little desire for rebellion. And thanks to advances brought constantly by AI, overall quality of life will be constantly increasing, at least in the cities, so people will end up just "complying".
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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