A New Opportunity, or the Everlasting Unresolved Problem?

Not deluding HistoryHistory, the fact that successful societiesSociety have not dispensed with the presence of slavesSlaves, in one form or another, constitutes our starting point. Even after being legally abolished, slaverySlavery informally continues to be present among us. Arguably, one who worksWork the whole month in exchange for housing, food and transportation; who is not master of his time and does not accumulate added value from his workWork, lives in the same conditions of a slave in previous ages. That said, two paths open, each incompatible with the other. There is a possibility that, for the first time in HumanHuman HistoryHistory, a legion of artificialArtificial slavesSlaves will be produced that will freeFree all humansHuman from drudgery and permit a life of greater dignity. However, this is not the only possible path. AIArtificial intelligence could continue to serve the most powerful, constituting itself as a toolTools of domination and instate a societySociety of castes in which manufacturers, robotRobot owners and their managerial officers will exercise a powerPower difficult to scrutinize and counter.