Geoffrey Miller(@gmiller):Reality check: It's very strange to me that otherwise sensible people think that AI companies will simply start sending out weekly checks to all 8 billion people in the world, within a few years. Any company CEO or Board that did this would be violating their fiduciary duties to investors, and would quickly be replaced by leadership that doesn't betray its investors. There is no plausible world in which AI companies will distribute most of their revenue to the rest of humanity, unless they are coerced to do so. And who exactly would be in a position to coerce them, if they run everything?

2026.10.19 16:45

Reality check: It's very strange to me that otherwise sensible people think that AI companies will simply start sending out weekly checks to all 8 billion people in the world, within a few years. Any company CEO or Board that did this would be violating their fiduciary duties to investors, and would quickly be replaced by leadership that doesn't betray its investors. There is no plausible world in which AI companies will distribute most of their revenue to the rest of humanity, unless they are coerced to do so. And who exactly would be in a position to coerce them, if they run everything?

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