>>808050yes, the government makes the money already. the production of money is regulated by the government, but the flow of money is largely regulated by "the economy" aka industry aka the marketplace. the breadmaker bought his yeast from a supplier, who in turn bought his laboratory and specialized utensils with which he produces the yeast from a supplier, and he who supplies such implements purchased tools to design and produce them from elsewhere, etc. etc. etc.
at every level of commerce, money is exchanging hands, and this is how "the economy" continues to flourish under capitalism. all of this is facilitated by a labor force, the proletariat, no? well, what happens when that element is entirely removed? under capitalism, the proletariat's value is in his labor, what work he does to contribute to the production of goods or services, and the value that is generated from such transactions is extracted by the capitalist. if AI replaces all human labor, then it could be said that capitalists would have gained not only a monopoly on the means of production, but also a monopoly on the force of labor, and thus the human worker is entirely left out in the cold in this paradigm, which is to say that his value, and subsequent bargaining chip, have been neutered, wrested from him.
it seems like in such a world, "the economy" would function as a tightly-controlled breadline, as all resources produced by capitalists would be owned by capital interests and the government, and a new caste system would displace these former-proles-turned-techno-serfs, who would be unable to even interface with society, as they would only be given just enough to subsist upon, and likely in squalor and destitution, in some sectioned off complex that exists physically and metaphorically on the fringes of society.
if the "AI revolution" doesn't result in the previous, it may occur to one that the capitalist's utilization of AI to control labor wouldn't necessarily eradicate human jobs, but would rather create the conditions for an oligarchical authoritarian regime that would squeeze every ounce of value out of the people who were privileged enough to secure work. because AI would act as a release valve for the pressure that corporations experience as a result of labor shortages, as any labor shortage would be satisfied by a legion of sophisticated-ready-and-will
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