AI Employees Don't Pay Taxes
4 months ago
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- #Taxation
- #Automation
- A person struggled with AI (Microsoft Copilot) in a work spreadsheet, eventually completing the task manually, highlighting inevitable friction in automation.
- Automation friction raises questions about the role of humans in a 'human-in-the-loop' system, with taxes being a cynical but correct answer.
- Governments rely on human income taxes; AI-driven efficiency could lead to a tax base shortfall, causing infrastructure and service declines.
- Arguments against taxing AI (corporate taxes, AI as a tool like tractors, taxing software) are debunked as insufficient or flawed.
- AI displacement is rapid, making retraining impractical, and the math of funding social safety nets with fewer workers doesn't add up.
- AI should offload drudgery to free humans for meaningful work, not dismantle societal support systems like taxation.
- Some investors aim to exit society rather than improve it, leveraging AI profits to avoid societal responsibilities.
- The ideal evolution is 'Human-in-the-Loop,' balancing output quality, efficiency, and maintaining the tax base for civilization.