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youbetca t1_j29bipa wrote

Reply to comment by KSRandom195 in Saudis take control of US augmented reality company Magic Leap by MicroSofty88

Or implement universal basic income & raise corporate taxes to pay for it.

It should be fine for robots & AI to replace human work, and increase human leisure time.

The benefits of robots & AI shouldn’t just go exclusively to the wealthy. This is 100% going to happen and we should start getting prepared for it now.

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NightGod t1_j29h3el wrote

>Or implement universal basic income & raise corporate taxes to pay for it.

Isn't that basically the same thing as "robot tax", just different wording?

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Caffeine_Monster t1_j2bdaoo wrote

Nah, the difference is pretty important.

Because if gov has lots of tax money, who decides where it goes? The corporation with the most lobbying power?

Ultimately the problem will be that no matter what you do, you probably won't get it right unless you effectively cap wealth (because realistically you can't make a judgement call on what is too much / too little tax).

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DealMeInPlease t1_j2aizqe wrote

There is a problem in that human people WANT/NEED to be doing something of value (as defined by themselves) -- leisure funded by a robot tax will create unhappy people / an unhappy society

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HappyCamperPC t1_j2be4fn wrote

Kids and retired people seem pretty happy though so it's not work they need to make them happy. A cleaner would probably be happier not working but pursuing a hobby or their own project.

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