Money is a made up system that the people have decided best meets their needs at this time.
If AI completely changed the system, then the present method of exchanging labour for money would also need to be replaced or tweaked.
If AI completely changed the system, then the present method of exchanging labour for money would also need to be replaced or tweaked.
And as many of the overlords claim to believe in a Christian/Jewish God, and so believe that one day God will come down to Earth and build a city at Jerusalem (or something like that) they will not want to anger their god by killing all of us (perhaps just the remainder of Gaza...)