At this point, tech corporations have made it no secret that their end goal is to replace all jobs with AI — thus cementing themselves as indispensable to the world economy. SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, for example, has waxed poetic about a future in which AI and robotics could make us all rich. Of course, as The New Yorker‘s John Cassidy observes, such material abundance for displaced workers won’t be possible unless Musk and his fellow billionaires agree to share their largesse. But hey, if they’re serious about it, there’s never been a better time for them to put their money where their mouth is. More on AI: Google CEO Says We’re All Going to Have to Suffer Through It as AI Puts Society Through the Woodchipper