To the editor: Salesforce has eradicated 4,000 jobs due to synthetic intelligence (“Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff says he minimize 4,000 assist roles due to AI,” Sept. 2). This implies 4,000 fewer roles that might have workers paying payroll taxes to assist 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 of keep away from paying taxes on the worth they carry to their employers?
D. Anthony Peters, Laguna Seaside
