If AI Reduces Human Labor Value to Zero, What Is Society's Baseline Worth?
tealCrayon98 · reddit · 2026-08-01
The poster argues that the scenario of human labor and economic utility dropping to near zero no longer feels like science fiction. In this extreme situation, the core value of the majority of society becomes a pressing question.
The author speculates that if human intelligence remains valuable and we haven't cracked the formula for mass-producing geniuses, humanity's primary role might be to serve as a "biological moat"—a large population base necessary to naturally birth extraordinary minds like Einstein and Newton.
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