But now it&#x27;s the cognitive function that&#x27;s being automated. What is left for people to trade in exchange for their food? Until now, everyone had to offer his work, and work was tied to each person, couldn&#x27;t be copied and replicated. But from now on, people will have nothing that can&#x27;t be replaced by machines. Maybe a few will still have jobs, but most won&#x27;t. Hopefully we will be able to spread soon enough the benefits of this revolution with everyone, and overcome this period of concentration of power in the hands of very few. But in the meantime, the generation of sacrifice will have to be helped to survive without jobs. Of course, if the transition would take 100-200 years, then there would be much less suffering in the intermediary phase, but that&#x27;s unlikely to happen.