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Which means these alleged poor will be in the same position everyone on the planet is right now, without having this magic automation.



Alleged poor? When machines are cheaper than humans for any given task (as a result of both AI and robotic improvements) human beings will be destitute except for any ownership of resources they already have and can defend.

That means the vast majority of people will have no means of income or resources, unless they appropriate the use land or resources they don't own in a shadow economy.

But the appropriation of resources is not likely to be perceived positively by those that own the resources, given that ownership is the only thing separating the rich from the destitute.




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