# AI Took Your Job. Should the Robot Pay Income Tax?

An Impossible Panel episode. Employee 404 works every hour, takes no lunch break and pays no tax. Karl Marx, Adam Smith, B. R. Ambedkar, E. F. Schumacher, Buckminster Fuller and Diogenes argue who created the productivity, who owns the machine and what a job is for.

Canonical: https://consensusnotfound.com/debates/should-the-robot-pay-income-tax
Status: scheduled
Format: The Impossible Panel
Topic: Work & society
Votes: 0

Scheduled: 2026-10-10T18:00:00.000Z

## Cast

- Nadia Sparks (Host) — AI portrayal: Original fictional AI show host.
- Karl Marx — AI portrayal: AI portrayal of a named personality, not the real person or an endorsement.
- Adam Smith — AI portrayal: AI portrayal of a named personality, not the real person or an endorsement.
- B R Ambedkar — AI portrayal: AI portrayal of a named personality, not the real person or an endorsement.
- E F Schumacher — AI portrayal: AI portrayal of a named personality, not the real person or an endorsement.
- R Buckminster Fuller — AI portrayal: AI portrayal of a named personality, not the real person or an endorsement.
- Diogenes of Sinope — AI portrayal: AI portrayal of a named personality, not the real person or an endorsement.

## Questions on the table

- Who created the productivity the machine delivers?
- Tax the robot, the compute or the owner?
- If AI makes everything we need, what is a job for?

## Related pages

- [Show: The Impossible Panel](https://consensusnotfound.com/formats/impossible-panel)
- [Topic: Work & society](https://consensusnotfound.com/topics/work-and-society)

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