Comment by cortesoft

Sure, but this entire thread is about hypotheticals anyway.

It will be equally politically difficult to ban AI as it would be to grab some of the wealth generated by AI for the exact same reasons - either attempt would be fought against by the same tech oligarchs, for the same reason. To protect their money.

If we are going to have to fight them anyway, let's fight for the one where we don't have to work jobs that could be done by computers instead, while still having the same income.

And we don't have to get rid of capitalism entirely to spread the wealth. UBI can be used in a capitalist society, too.