As a very concrete way to think of it, consider the typical middle class lifestyle in India. Consider all the labor that is regularly outsourced - house cleaning, cooking, laundry, etc. If I want to eat a paan, buy a cigarette, or other snack/consumable, I only need to walk a city block or so before I can find someone willing to sell it to me. Any educated female can easily afford child care so she can work. My office has multiple servants to make life easier for the skilled labor employed therein; if you want maggie, momos or beer, just give them some cash and they'll bring it to you.
At the moment the problem in the US is labor scarcity. Robots haven't replaced these jobs, these jobs just don't get done.
When robots provide the same level of services to the US middle class, that would be a signal that we might need to think about something like a BI. Until then, BI is really solving the complete opposite problem to what we have.
At the moment the problem in the US is labor scarcity. Robots haven't replaced these jobs, these jobs just don't get done.
When robots provide the same level of services to the US middle class, that would be a signal that we might need to think about something like a BI. Until then, BI is really solving the complete opposite problem to what we have.