{"id":24852,"date":"2026-09-13T11:37:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T09:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/13\/ai-will-transform-capitalism-but-how\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T11:37:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T09:37:27","slug":"ai-will-transform-capitalism-but-how","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/13\/ai-will-transform-capitalism-but-how\/","title":{"rendered":"AI will transform capitalism \u2013 but how?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Technology is going to drastically reshape the economy, and it\u2019s within our power to decide what that looks like<\/p>\n

The idea that autonomous, thinking machines may one day destroy property, hierarchy and inequality is as old as western political thought. In Aristotle\u2019s Politics, the philosopher cites a fantasy from the Iliad, in which machines begin to act independently of human direction, concluding: \u201cIf every tool could perform its own work when ordered, or by seeing what to do in advance \u2026 if thus shuttles wove and quills played harps of themselves, master-craftsmen would have no need of assistants and masters no need of slaves.\u201d<\/p>\n

The dream that automation could inaugurate a classless society is also present in the writings of Karl Marx. In 1858 he imagined the replacement of intellectual property with \u201csocialised knowledge\u201d, which would merge into a \u201cgeneral intellect\u201d, blowing the foundations of capitalism sky high.<\/p>\n

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\nTechnology is going to drastically reshape the economy, and it\u2019s within our power to decide what that looks like
\nThe idea that autonomous, thinking machines may one day destroy property, hierarchy and inequality is as old as western political thought. In Aristotle\u2019s Politics, the philosopher cites a fantasy from the Iliad, in which machines begin to act independently of human direction, concluding: \u201cIf every tool could perform its own work when ordered, or by seeing what to do in advance \u2026 if thus shuttles wove and quills played harps of themselves, master-craftsmen would have no need of assistants and masters no need of slaves.\u201d
\nThe dream that automation could inaugurate a classless society is also present in the writings of Karl Marx. In 1858 he imagined the replacement of intellectual property with \u201csocialised knowledge\u201d, which would merge into a \u201cgeneral intellect\u201d, blowing the foundations of capitalism sky high. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Technology is going to drastically reshape the economy, and it\u2019s within our power to decide what that looks like The idea that autonomous, thinking machines may one day destroy property, hierarchy and inequality is as old as western political thought. In Aristotle\u2019s Politics, the philosopher cites a fantasy from the Iliad, in which machines begin …<\/p>\n

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