> Then capitalism will remain through transformative AI

Capitalism isn't a political ideology, it is not some centralized rule set. You're forcing the concept into your political framework.

Capitalism is the lack of the political. Like atheism is the lack of religion.

>only the powerful and rich will have access to AGI and later ASI.

Again, no. AI will exist as part of an intelligence explosion. AI will be everywhere. The individual will have their own AI, mostly likely multiple ones at different intelligence levels.

Again, you're forcing all these concepts through your centralized political authority framework.

If there a hard take off from an ASI it's all moot anyway.

>the rest of us can start from scratch or die.

No, capitalism is a situation where you don't have to associate if you don't want to.

There is no reason that you and others can't interact in your own markets. Again, don't push everything through a central control paradigm.

>I get it, you like capitalism.

Yes, I like it when people don't aggress against me.

You do to, you want to be treated according the ethical framework which supports capitalism: Self-ownership and derived rights, freedom of association, self-defense, and property rights.

You, like many, aren't thinking clearly about these things. You're uneasy, constantly pushed and pulled by state manipulation. But if you take a step back, consider how you'd like to be treated, apply it universally you'll see how this is the best, most ethical path forward.