When I started reading this (that is, after the headline), my first thought was, we've always had a useless class--the idle rich. I'm trying to think of a time in history when productive individuals haven't carried this class on their backs. Of course, the idle like to turn it around and call themselves producers, but they're not. They're owners who get other people to produce for them. This was true in feudal times and it's true today--and many believe we are creeping toward a new kind of feudalism. I know this is not the purpose of your blog. I really liked this blog because it gets us thinking about the ultimate implications of AI. And it emphasizes the need to take economic power away from centralized control. I'm not sophisticated enough to know if your suggestion for a token-based economy is feasible, but it does sound fair. I look forward to reading more of your thought-provoking ideas
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