And what about those humans who are not capable of doing high level things for high pay?
What we may find ourselves encountering, is an increasing percentage of the human population not being able to do anything that would pay enough to feed them.
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Your question is being asked by many that see millions of jobs automated away over the next decade or so. One thought is to tax the robots/machines and use that money to provide a basic income to displaced workers.
We will still need Plumbers, Heating/Air, auto mechanics, and those AI systems will need a IT repair person.
Unless a EMP brings the whole thing grinding to a halt.
And what about those humans who are not capable of doing high level things for high pay?At some point, automated systems will outperform humans at a great many, if not most, tasks. This should free up human resources to do high level things for high pay. - marktwain
What we may find ourselves encountering, is an increasing percentage of the human population not being able to do anything that would pay enough to feed them.
Logically, if AI computers do all the work superbly and extremely efficiently, the cost of human needs plummets. Computers become Shmoos.