Stephen Hawking says we should be more frightened of capitalism than robots – CNET

“In a Reddit Ask Me Anything session, the physicist expresses more concern about economic inequality than about artificial intelligence. ” – My Comments : “If machines produce everything we need, the outcome will depend on how things are distributed,” he wrote. “Everyone can enjoy a life of luxurious leisure if the machine-produced wealth is shared, or most people can end up miserably poor if the machine-owners successfully lobby against wealth redistribution.”