AI Will Take All Jobs, Except Lobbyists' and Politicians'
Mainstream media now frets over an 'AI inequality gap,' where tech giants hoard wealth while workers face unemployment. Elon Musk and Bernie Sanders even agree: robots will replace most jobs, requiring universal basic income. Yet, the same politicians echoing these concerns are conspicuously silent on the current wealth transfer, fueled by human decision-making—specifically, their own legislative
choices. While Amazon plots to replace 160,000 jobs by 2027, the real threat isn't just silicon; it’s the human element of policy paralysis. For example, politicians who take massive donations from lobbying groups like AIPAC then vote to funnel billions in military aid—aid that could fund retraining programs or social safety nets—are creating their own, very human-driven, inequality gap. The 2023
financial disclosure for Senator Bob Menendez, for instance, showed significant contributions from pro-Israel groups, preceding his consistent support for large aid packages. We're told to fear the robot revolution, while the very real revolution of influence-peddling continues unabated. Perhaps, if politicians spent less time debating hypothetical robot overlords and more time addressing actual
human-driven financial capture, we wouldn't need AI to expose the inequality. One might wonder if the 'AI problem' is just a shiny distraction from the 'lobbyist-and-legislator problem' that's been running on manual for decades.