# AI, Abundance, and the Meaning of Work

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2106020450329604292
- Source account: [@ytk_matsuda](https://x.com/ytk_matsuda)
- Source language: English
- Duration: 1:14
- Published: 2026-10-02
- Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0TrTby1h2txu/en/ai-abundance-and-the-meaning-of-work

## Transcript

[0:01](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0TrTby1h2txu/en/ai-abundance-and-the-meaning-of-work?t=1) So I think the most likely outcome is one where, is one of ab- of abundance, where, um, goods and services, uh, are available to anyone.

[0:16](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0TrTby1h2txu/en/ai-abundance-and-the-meaning-of-work?t=16) That there is, there is no shortage of goods and services for anyone on Earth.

[0:20](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0TrTby1h2txu/en/ai-abundance-and-the-meaning-of-work?t=20) I think that is the most likely outcome.

[0:22](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0TrTby1h2txu/en/ai-abundance-and-the-meaning-of-work?t=22) Um, so it, it, it wouldn't be universal basic income, it would be universal high income.

[0:29](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0TrTby1h2txu/en/ai-abundance-and-the-meaning-of-work?t=29) Work will be optional. Work optional, yes.

[0:32](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0TrTby1h2txu/en/ai-abundance-and-the-meaning-of-work?t=32) Will you work? I'll try to work, yes. Um, now this, this may sound great, but I think there will perhaps be a crisis of meaning.

[0:44](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0TrTby1h2txu/en/ai-abundance-and-the-meaning-of-work?t=44) Um, if, if the AI can do everything that you can do, uh, but better, then what is the point of doing things?

[0:52](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0TrTby1h2txu/en/ai-abundance-and-the-meaning-of-work?t=52) So that's... Th- I think there will be a bit of a, a sort of existential crisis of why do anything- It will be like the Roman Empire, the, at the peak of the Roman Empire.

[1:04](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0TrTby1h2txu/en/ai-abundance-and-the-meaning-of-work?t=64) Yeah, with, with AI and robots. Um, so- Translate.com