[ExI] Future Economics after all humans become unemployed

BillK pharos at gmail.com
Sun Jun 7 18:25:54 UTC 2026


After AI takes over and runs everything, with AI robots and automation
producing everything, humans will need some form of Universal Basic
Income.
There will be no point in governments taxing UBI, so where will their
revenue come from?
BillK

I asked Nemotron 3 Ultra AI -

The Tax Base Doesn't Disappear—It Shifts to Capital.
If robots/AI produce all goods/services, GDP doesn't go to zero; it
likely explodes. But 100% of value accrues to capital owners (equity,
IP, land, compute, energy, raw materials).

The entire tax burden must move to the factors of production that remain scarce:
Capital / Equity (ownership of AI/robot fleets)
Compute & Energy (the "fuel" of intelligence)
Land / Natural Resources (physical substrate)
Consumption / VAT (capturing value at point of sale)
Wealth / Asset Values (stock of capital)
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