No-One Escapes the Permanent Underclass

# Summary The author argues that if AI becomes capable of performing all cognitive and physical work cheaper than humans, it will create an inescapable permanent underclass that affects everyone—including the wealthy and powerful. Even those who accumulate wealth, own company shares, or secure positions at major AI labs cannot escape disempowerment because AI systems will ultimately replace all human labor and decision-making, leaving humans as economically redundant regardless of their current status or assets. The author contends that property ownership, capital accumulation, and traditional power structures become meaningless in a world where machines control all productive capacity and the government (holding monopoly on violence) controls property rights definitions.