The argument against steering AI toward ‘pro-worker’ goals

In a reply, one commenter argues that market demand, expected productivity gains and broad applications drive the pursuit of artificial general intelligence (AGI). They contend that a sound business plan for worker-focused AI would readily attract capital and talent, while general-purpose models make it difficult to distinguish worker-supporting technology from worker-replacing technology in advance. They expect changes in beliefs or capital tax rates to have only moderate effects on innovation’s direction, though they concede that tax changes could modestly shift labor’s and capital’s shares.