"If AI automates half of work but we all still work full-time, where did the savings go?"
VraserX · x · 2026-09-20
VraserX poses a pointed question about AI's economic promise: he wants AI to make a normal life affordable without selling most of his waking hours to an employer. If half of all work gets automated yet everyone still needs full-time jobs to survive, he argues, we should ask where the savings went — a core debate about how AI automation gains are distributed.
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