Anyone who’s perceived as making money not by doing some work (however intellectual, emotional, physical, or otherwise “human” in any way you like), but in virtue of property ownership (where the “property” may be capital in the traditional sense—real estate, factories, etc.—or it may be the rights to extract rents for various things, e.g. copyrights and other IP). It’s hard to see how AI can replace such people[1], and there’s a widespread perception that even after all jobs are done by computers, the people who own things and are able to extract rents thereby, will still be able to do so.
Though it may make them irrelevant. For example, if everyone has access to AI that can generate art / entertainment on demand, then the copyright to popular franchises is worthless. But people do not typically think of such things, in my experience (for various reasons).
Thank you, I stand corrected. What other occupations would you think are “safe” in the public’s mind?
Rent-seekers.
(Or, if you like: capitalists.)
Anyone who’s perceived as making money not by doing some work (however intellectual, emotional, physical, or otherwise “human” in any way you like), but in virtue of property ownership (where the “property” may be capital in the traditional sense—real estate, factories, etc.—or it may be the rights to extract rents for various things, e.g. copyrights and other IP). It’s hard to see how AI can replace such people[1], and there’s a widespread perception that even after all jobs are done by computers, the people who own things and are able to extract rents thereby, will still be able to do so.
Though it may make them irrelevant. For example, if everyone has access to AI that can generate art / entertainment on demand, then the copyright to popular franchises is worthless. But people do not typically think of such things, in my experience (for various reasons).
Thank you (and also I have never really thought about this, so if you have more to say, please do.)