Letters to the Editor: If AI is going to replace human workers, where will payroll taxes come from?

To the editor: Salesforce has eradicated 4,000 jobs due to synthetic intelligence (“Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff says he cut 4,000 support roles because of AI,” Sept. 2). This implies 4,000 fewer roles that will have workers paying payroll taxes to help Social Safety and Medicare. The federal government ought to create laws that makes AI “staff” pay into these social packages — in different phrases, have the companies accountable for AI make up the distinction.

These tech firms would nonetheless be making loads of cash. If AI “staff” are going to interchange us, why ought to they be capable to keep away from paying taxes on the worth they bring about to their employers?

D. Anthony Peters, Laguna Seashore