Automation's Hidden Trap: The Customer Problem AI Ignores

While tech leaders champion automation and Universal Basic Income as paths to human liberation, the article exposes a critical flaw in this narrative: if machines eliminate human jobs, who remains as paying customers for AI services like ChatGPT and Claude? By drawing historical parallels to how elites transformed labor systems to maintain control after abolishing slavery, the piece suggests that corporate UBI advocacy serves self-preservation rather than genuine worker welfare.