aceIf AI makes human labor obsolete, who decides who gets to eat?
How will we be fed? That’s the biggest question not seriously being addressed amid all this talk about whether or not artificial intelligence will end up taking over all of our jobs. Formidable though the technology appears, similar fears have popped up repeatedly since the Industrial Revolution, and most working-age adults remain employed. Still, what is sorely missing is a serious debate about what to do if this future in fact materializes. For Open AI’s Sam Altman “the future can be vastly better than the pre…
If AI automates most jobs, labor income could fall toward zero, undermining tax revenue and concentrating decisions about food, energy and resource allocation in a few owners.
All central economic effects are presented as hypothetical future scenarios, not measured outcomes observed by February 2026.
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- JournalismThe Guardian2026-02-23
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Truvace Impact Record TRV-2026-0114, v1: “If AI makes human labor obsolete, who decides who gets to eat?.” Truvace, 2026-07-13. /record/TRV-2026-0114 (accessed at citation time). sha256 d4da30543c6a878d…
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