Lucas Irwin on Governments should tax capital, not lab…

Lucas Irwin

AI governance researcher and co-author of “Token Taxes: mitigating AGI's economic risks.”

As AI labour begins to displace human labour, governments will require effective mechanisms for capturing the economic value of AI by shifting taxation away from labour and towards capital.

AI Verified (2026)

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Lucas Irwin, “Token taxes as a mechanism for reducing AI-driven power concentration,” LinkedIn post, 2026.

20d ago

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Governments should tax capital, not labor, as AI makes human work less central to the economy

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AI Verified Quote expressly says governments should shift taxation from labour to capital as AI labour displaces human labour. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 19d ago

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AI Verified Quote advocates shifting tax from labour to capital as AI displaces labour; recorded answer for matches. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 19d ago