Seeing some of these plans being worked up for taxation on immense wealth is…weirdly heartwarming? I suppose that says more about our society today than anything else haha. It’s reminiscent to me of Bernie & Ro Khanna’s billionaire tax plan.
Even if we’re at a point where these things cannot immediately (or possibly ever) come to fruition, at least we’re doing SOMETHING. It’s opening the eyes of more people. The wealth that billionaires and their companies accumulate is unfathomably massive and could create the infrastructure of the new world if we make it…
The mold analogy was fascinating! I had never heard that before and I will definitely be recycling that one.
Spread evenly accross every person who is striving and failing to generate an income as a cultural creative, the tax on AI slop would likely not have any effect on the viability of that career pursuit. For the distribution to have meaningful effects in the lives of the recipients, some selection criteria would need to applied. The question then becomes, who controls that selection process? Whose ideology is enshrined as being worthy of taxpayer support? What opinions, even secretly held or unconsciously held but ferreted out by witch hunters, would be grounds for revoking the cultural creative stipend?
Could we not say this about any social safety net policy, though?
Besides, I believe the intention of incorporating the lil vignette about grants was to cater the idea towards that sort of pooling of the financial resources. That is, people will then apply for grants and access to the support. And yes, there will need to be more nuance to that, some regulations and whatnot, but this is such a newborn issue (and short argument for the taxation system itself) that it makes sense we do not yet have all the answers.
I imagine there would have to be income limits for applicants, perhaps calculated with some of the same equations we use currently (I.e., how many dependents do you have)! And there must be attention to if it is an individual or a business. I am no economist or accountant or anything related to strictly numbers for that matter, but I imagine that in putting our noggins together, we can answer your questions and make a plan. It’s what humans do!
Fully support this
I fully support this simple yet powerful way to help those who are hurt by AI.
Seeing some of these plans being worked up for taxation on immense wealth is…weirdly heartwarming? I suppose that says more about our society today than anything else haha. It’s reminiscent to me of Bernie & Ro Khanna’s billionaire tax plan.
Even if we’re at a point where these things cannot immediately (or possibly ever) come to fruition, at least we’re doing SOMETHING. It’s opening the eyes of more people. The wealth that billionaires and their companies accumulate is unfathomably massive and could create the infrastructure of the new world if we make it…
The mold analogy was fascinating! I had never heard that before and I will definitely be recycling that one.
A nice, short insightful article!
Spread evenly accross every person who is striving and failing to generate an income as a cultural creative, the tax on AI slop would likely not have any effect on the viability of that career pursuit. For the distribution to have meaningful effects in the lives of the recipients, some selection criteria would need to applied. The question then becomes, who controls that selection process? Whose ideology is enshrined as being worthy of taxpayer support? What opinions, even secretly held or unconsciously held but ferreted out by witch hunters, would be grounds for revoking the cultural creative stipend?
Could we not say this about any social safety net policy, though?
Besides, I believe the intention of incorporating the lil vignette about grants was to cater the idea towards that sort of pooling of the financial resources. That is, people will then apply for grants and access to the support. And yes, there will need to be more nuance to that, some regulations and whatnot, but this is such a newborn issue (and short argument for the taxation system itself) that it makes sense we do not yet have all the answers.
I imagine there would have to be income limits for applicants, perhaps calculated with some of the same equations we use currently (I.e., how many dependents do you have)! And there must be attention to if it is an individual or a business. I am no economist or accountant or anything related to strictly numbers for that matter, but I imagine that in putting our noggins together, we can answer your questions and make a plan. It’s what humans do!