A Guardian opinion column argues that debate about AI-driven job displacement is overlooking a core political question: how people will be supported if labour income collapses. Citing proposals from economists Anton Korinek, Lee Lockwood and Joseph Stiglitz, it outlines options including higher consumer and capital taxes, levies on fixed assets and monopoly rents, and public equity stakes in AI ventures. The piece contends that implementation is the central obstacle, warning that concentrated tech wealth and political influence could block redistribution mechanisms needed to fund social stability in an AI-dominated economy.

If AI makes human labor obsolete, who decides who gets to eat? - The Guardian