An element of the future economy that I don&#x27;t see addressed in this comment thread is the ability of technology to improve our ability to DIY. While AI may replace the need to hire labour, sufficiently shareable DIY technology may replace some of the need for people to consume the resources of others.<p>Granted advanced manufacturing is likely to stay in specialised facilities, but with open source and self replicating tools we may be able to put power back in the hands of the masses.<p>An obvious step along this path is 3D printing, but I&#x27;d argue that wikihow and other sites are greatly increasing the ability of people to meet their own needs. My own interest is in 3D imaging so that computers can reason about the world more readily, and not just replace jobs but replace skilled labour by augmenting our abilities.<p>Personally I&#x27;m more interested in a future where we use our own machines to live how we choose, rather than be given a stipend to buy the labour of machines controlled by increasingly narrow monopolies.