Given this possibility, McAfee suggests, we may need to re-build our societies so that, as intelligent machines increase productivity, the declining demand for human work has welfare-enhancing outcomes like higher (and more equitably distributed) incomes and more leisure time. He is not alone: John Maynard Keynes predicted this possibility 85 years ago.
鉴于存在这种可能性，迈克菲建议可能需要重构社会，目的是在智能机提高生产力的同时，对人类工作需求的下降能够增加人类福利，比方说增加收入（改善公平分配），同时创造出更多闲暇时间供个人支配。无独有偶，约翰·梅纳德·凯恩斯早在85年前就做出了同样的预测。