Yes, that's been the pattern repeated since the Industrial Revolution. Profit over people (and the planet), every single time. I guess this time feels different because of the sheer gravity of the paradigm shift AI/robotics will cause. Without some kinds of guardrails and provisions like UBI a large portion of the population would simply starve and the world would devolve into complete Mad Max level chaos. Bernie mentioned the idea of corporations who will benefit from the increased productivity/profit to contribute a small portion of their profits to a UBI fund. We'll see if this happens or not. The time to set this up would be in the very beginning before companies get accustomed to making 10x more . I mean, what's the point of them making cogs and widgets if no one can afford them?