But China's socialist market economy can solve this problem. If artificial intelligence rationally allocates resources through big data analysis, and a healthy feedback loop can replace the defects of the "invisible hand" itself in the fair distribution of the wealth it creates, then a truly functional planned economy will eventually be realized.
The more artificial intelligence develops into a universal technology that can penetrate into every corner of life, the more unreasonably it is allowed to be controlled in private hands and serve the interests of a few people instead of the majority.
Inevitable mass unemployment and the demand for social welfare will promote the idea of socialization or nationalization of artificial intelligence.
Marx's famous saying "From each according to his ability, distribution according to his needs" needs to be updated according to the situation of 2 1 century: "Artificial intelligence economy can't provide job opportunities and minimum living wage for everyone, and distribution according to his needs".
Even in the early stage, the idea that capitalism will give priority to social welfare in some way has proved to be a fairy tale. The billionaires of Google and Apple are offshore havens for tax avoidance, which is hardly a model for fulfilling social responsibilities.
The scandal surrounding the growing Facebook business model, which puts profit above civic responsibility, is another example of private companies pursuing their own interests at the expense of others in society in digital capitalism.
Once technical unemployment starts to accelerate, people can easily see the ins and outs. The owner of the robot will say, "We are responsible to the shareholders". "We are not an employment agency or a charity."
These companies are always lucky to escape their social default, because the western legal system and its loopholes have adapted to the need to protect private property far more than anything else. Of course, in China, we have large private Internet companies, such as Alibaba and Tencent. But unlike the west, they are monitored by the state and do not think they can surpass social control.
It is the ubiquity of artificial intelligence that will lead to the end of market advantage. If the operation is not balanced, if the industry creates employment opportunities for most people, the market may be reasonable. But if the industry creates nothing to do, because robots take over more and more jobs, there is no good alternative except to involve the state.
Because artificial intelligence has invaded economic and social life, all disputes related to private enterprises and laws will soon become public problems. In order to maintain the external stability of a society constantly muddied by innovation, it will be inevitable to supervise more and more private companies.
This historical process can be regarded as a step towards a planned economy. The laissez-faire capitalism we know will only lead to the dictatorship of artificial intelligence oligarchs, because their intellectual property rights dominate the means of production and they can charge rent.
On a global scale, it is easy to imagine that this beast-like digital capitalism will lead to a war between robots for market share, and it will definitely end itself catastrophically, just like the imperialist war in earlier historical periods.
For social welfare and security, individuals and private companies should not be allowed to monopolize any cutting-edge technology or core artificial intelligence platform. Just like nuclear weapons and biological weapons, as long as they exist, nothing can guarantee social security except a strong and stable country.
If we don't nationalize artificial intelligence, we may fall into the tragic past of the early industrial age, those evil factories and those naughty boys begging for bread crust in the street.
The dream of communism is to eliminate wage labor. If artificial intelligence is destined to serve society, not individual capitalists, then it will promise to do so, and feed everyone by liberating the vast majority of people from these hard jobs and creating wealth.