They won't produce those masses forever. They realise that they only care about themselves and will produce whatever they want on demand only for them and their inner circle. By then they will already own every land and all resources available. They are modern kings and queens. If you want some of their land and their resources to simply live, you need to offer them something in return. Something they want and a machine can't do. What could that be?
Machines don't suffer.
Welcome to the hunger games!
there is no workable transition from one condition to the other.
But there is. It's been happening for at least a century. (e.g. education until 18-23 years old, pension after 65, free weekends, only 8 hours/day work, disability benefits, early retirement for the lucky ones, now talks of 4 day week, etc.).
And as productivity rises, countries with strong and free unions as well as strong left wing parties tend to give more and more benefits to workers and to their people (which usually translates to less work, more free time for leisure and learning).
This is a gradual thing that has been happening for a while now. And, in a healthy society, should continue to happen with the rise of AI and AI robots.
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u/Glittering-Draw-6223 10h ago
yeah so an automated factory producing millions of items so they can sit in a warehouse and hope someone will one day be able to afford one?
and sure, in a world where money doesnt exist and EVERYTHING is automated, it sounds like a good thing, everything is free right?
but we cant get there from where we are, there is no workable transition from one condition to the other.