Comment on If AI replaces workers, should it also pay taxes?
architect@thelemmy.club 1 week agoI mean, we easily could.
I pay property tax on my business tools.
So you just extend that concept. I don’t see why not.
Comment on If AI replaces workers, should it also pay taxes?
architect@thelemmy.club 1 week agoI mean, we easily could.
I pay property tax on my business tools.
So you just extend that concept. I don’t see why not.
fishos@lemmy.world 1 week ago
ok apparently we do in fact tax tools. And I can see how AI, being on the cloud, might not normally fall under computer equipment or other things that would be taxed, this needing it to be specifically included in tax law. Fuck me on that one.
I’ll give you that.
BUT
I still stand by this being a bandaid to a much larger problem concerning capitalists exploiting the labor of many and not being required to give everyone fair pay/equity. The inequality between the workforce and the ownership class is the problem. Them using AI is just their current tool of oppression, but not their only.
We need to address the root cause and directly tax the billionaires. And remove stock backed loans or at least realize their gains and tax them whenever they do use them as collateral for a loan. Shouldnt be able to claim unrealized gains and use it for collateral at the same time.