"All our desires abolished by the plentitude of their satisfaction." Roland Barthes
ELON MUSK:
βWeβre going to have universal high income.
Weβll basically just issue money to people."
"AI and robots are going to make so much stuff and provide so many services that theyβll run out of things to do for humans."
"Money will stop being relevant at some point in the future."
"AI wonβt use human currency. It will care about power and mass: wattage and tonnage.β
ME:
βSo just as youβre becoming a multi-trillionaire, money starts to have less value?β
ELON:
βYeah, pretty much.β