I've been thinking a lot about my "feral economy" principle, where the global economy doesn't really need humans.
I first articulated it a couple of years back in a short called, simply, Feral. You can read it here: https://glyphpress.com/talk/2014/feral
Artificial intelligence is being developed under the evolutionary constrataints of Capitalism.
(More coming, under the Feral Economy content warning, which should make a way to thread? Let's find out!)