• iByteABit@lemmy.ml
    2·
    20 hours ago

    The no privacy part is probably going to be true.

    The robot stuff is pure sci-fi to me though. Even if robots become so diverse and capable so quickly to be able to actually replace workers in most fields, the way capitalism works isn’t compatible with that. If most of the workforce is now machines, capitalists have no workers to steal surplus value from, and also have very small demand for their products because all of the working class will be impoverished.

    So even if we get to that point technologically, replacing workers would either happen after capitalism has ended, or it wouldn’t happen by design.

    • StopTech@lemmy.todayOP
      11·
      3 hours ago

      even if we get to that point technologically

      We’re pretty much already there. We have robots. They have AI. Most jobs aren’t that complicated - a good proportion could probably be replaced by robots with small improvements in dexterity, predictability and human interaction. Robots just need to become cheaper to make and run which market competition, mass production and nuclear power will gleefully enable.

      capitalists have no workers to steal surplus value from

      They don’t need to get value from human workers, they can get that from robots. Money is only a means to goods and services. Robots can make the goods and provide the services. Lower class people won’t be needed at all. Even the purchases can mainly be done by the wealthy and businesses. Lower class people will not only be uneccessary but entirely non-beneficial to this economy. The only reason those in power might have to keep them around is to inflate their egos by making them prostrate in exchange for their UBI.