If we all owned half of AI, would we be rooting for it to stay expensive?
Nearly 70% of Americans now back forcing AI firms to hand half their stock to a public wealth fund — but does giving everyone a dividend from the AI boom quietly make us all invested in keeping intelligence scarce and pricey, rather than cheap and abundant?
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In today’s episode of Minds, Bodies, and Terawatts (July 13, 2026), we dug into the Verasight poll showing 69% support for a public AI wealth fund and Bernie Sanders’ bill to write a 50% public stake into law. The catch we kept circling back to: a share only pays out if the company keeps its product expensive, so wiring AI dividends into everyone’s retirement account could turn cheap abundance into a threat to everyone’s savings. Owning a bigger slice of the toll booth doesn’t make the road free — and equity isn’t the same as control. Is public ownership the fairest way to share the gains, or a clever way to keep the meter running forever? Give the episode a listen and tell us where you land.
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