Political bargaining power

The ability to influence collective decisions and make one’s interests difficult to ignore. In AI scenarios, the question is how that ability changes when the value of human labor changes.

Labor is one possible source of leverage. Voting, organization, ownership, institutions, and legitimacy are other candidates whose effectiveness depends on the scenario. Treating labor as the only source of power makes a strong assumption; treating formal rights as self-enforcing does too.

UBI needs durable political power explores the consequences for Universal Basic Income. Permanent underclass asks what happens when exclusion from resources also becomes exclusion from influence.