There is a pretty good book called “Ready Player One ...” which is coming out as a movie soon, that is somewhat based on this premise. It is a pretty fun book, with lots of fun 1980-1990’s trivia.
Elon Musk on universal basic income: ‘It’s going to be ‘It’s going to be necessary’
http://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-universal-basic-income-
UBI is just a bedtime story Elon Musk tells himself to help the super-wealthy sleep
https://qz.com/1024938/ubi-is-just-a-bedtime-story-elon-musk-tells-himself-to-help-the-super-wealthy-sleep/
The very idea of no jobs is ludicrous. When labor prices get very low due to technological changes, people become servants. The idea that robots will replace servants is also ludicrous. People have servants because it’s a high-status thing to order people around. They’ll always be a market for it.
Interesting article but I see no reason why AI droids could not game and participate along with humans. So I am not sure I accept their premise.
I miss the days when Orwellian science fiction had the decency to be put off into a distant future. Having it as a zeitgeist is eye-rolling. But per Stanley Kubrick, by 2001 we were supposed to have regular service to the moon so maybe there’s no need to put dystopia off very far when you’re soaking in it.
Opium used to be fun....
I told people years ago that when the technology had advanced to the point that fantasy was a far better substitute for reality, people would retreat into fantasy worlds.
It would be far, far worse than any drug addiction.
If you’re not paying for the service, you’re the product.