# Could AI and Robots Make Money Obsolete

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2081064029280219362
- Source account: [@ShadowofEzra](https://x.com/ShadowofEzra)
- Source language: English
- Duration: 1:30
- Published: 2026-09-29
- Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5Sl0QzdOngJS/en/could-ai-and-robots-make-money-obsolete

## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5Sl0QzdOngJS/en/could-ai-and-robots-make-money-obsolete) Well, what do you want money for? Are you- you want money for goods and services.

[0:06](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5Sl0QzdOngJS/en/could-ai-and-robots-make-money-obsolete?t=6) Yeah. Right? You want money for obviously food, housing, transport, entertainment.

[0:12](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5Sl0QzdOngJS/en/could-ai-and-robots-make-money-obsolete?t=12) Um, well, if that is so abundant that, uh, th- there's more ...

[0:18](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5Sl0QzdOngJS/en/could-ai-and-robots-make-money-obsolete?t=18) Th- that the robots and AI are providing more goods and services than y- than any human could possibly consume, what do you need money for in that case?

[0:27](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5Sl0QzdOngJS/en/could-ai-and-robots-make-money-obsolete?t=27) Are you, you're creating these robots. Are you then selling- I guess every now and then you'll need money, sure.

[0:31](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5Sl0QzdOngJS/en/could-ai-and-robots-make-money-obsolete?t=31) Are you, are you selling these robots? Are you selling hu- humanoid robots, or are you producing goods and services with the humanoid robots that you control?

[0:41](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5Sl0QzdOngJS/en/could-ai-and-robots-make-money-obsolete?t=41) Well- Are you the Levi Strauss? I think, I think it- Are you selling- I think I would probably be ...

[0:46](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5Sl0QzdOngJS/en/could-ai-and-robots-make-money-obsolete?t=46) It, it would be an exercise in vanity to, for me to think that I would be controlling a super genius AI that is vastly smarter than me.

[0:55](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5Sl0QzdOngJS/en/could-ai-and-robots-make-money-obsolete?t=55) I think the, what we can and should try to do is to make sure that the AI has good values, that it cares about h- humanity, and that, uh, it m- wants, wants us to be happy and prosper.

[1:09](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5Sl0QzdOngJS/en/could-ai-and-robots-make-money-obsolete?t=69) Um, I think it probably will be. Um, my, what my biological neural net tells me is that the most important thing for the s- for AI safety is to be maximally truth-seeking and curious.

[1:23](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/5Sl0QzdOngJS/en/could-ai-and-robots-make-money-obsolete?t=83) Uh, if that's the case, uh, I think it will foster humanity