> What is it about robbing one group of people to pay another that you would expect to "work"?

Well, let's say we get one or two more breakthroughs in AI, and it succeeds in automating literally every job that can be done at a computer. And then it starts investing heavily in robotics. This would render human labor as uncompetitive as horse labor is today.

At this point, you have two basic scenarios: something like UBI, or (if the machines are less cooperative) John Conner.

This actually seems at least as likely these days as a warmed over libertarian argument that, "Taxes are really just slavery!"

> At this point, you have two basic scenarios: something like UBI, or (if the machines are less cooperative) John Conner.

Well, there is a third basic scenario; where the billionaires who control the AI use it to help get rid of all the poors once they're no longer necessary.

If that were true though, we'd probably see them all frantically scrambling to control AI, buying private islands and blackmail networks, getting heavily involved in pandemic preparedness programs, genetic engineering, virus research, instigating massive wars, buying up all the media and politicians, creating massive surveillance programs and building deep underground bunkers. Stuff like that.

So, nothing to worry about.