Ultimately, AI tax should contribute to a SWF only to be redistributed as UBI. I wasn't keen on the idea of Basic, but it makes sense in an AI-augmented sci-fi society.
Ultimately, AI tax should contribute to a SWF only to be redistributed as UBI. I wasn't keen on the idea of Basic, but it makes sense in an AI-augmented sci-fi society.
Problem is that in practice they will be mismanaged by some senile politicians and end up in the pockets of a few well-connected individuals.
I'm all in for fair taxation to provide a good safety net for people, but we first need to ensure those taxes are actually being used efficiently and not as politicians' friends slush funds or cash cows for consultancy companies.
Norway and the Alaska Permanent Fund prove that this is not necessarily the case.
The problem is there are relatively few SWFs in the world, and those that exist tend to be in oil dictatorships where no one is allowed to question the ruling class.
AI companies can't use the law to force me to pay them. Governments can and do.