The New Important Class of the 21st Century

If these machines become more intelligent than us, they will push humans out of the job market. We might see in the 21st century the creation of a huge new class, the useless class - billions of people devoid of any economic usefulness and therefore also devoid of political importance. In humanist politics and economics, the feelings of the individuals are the highest authority. There is nothing beyond that. The voter knows best, the customer is always right. But if the Amazon algorithm knows my feelings better than me, then it becomes an authority higher than the voter higher than the customer. It's true. If you allow Google or Facebook to vote for me, they know who I am and what I want