Capital over Labor - Bryant McGill

# Capital over Labor **Entity class:** Political-economy concept **Domain:** Economics / automation / transhumanism **Maturity:** Developed ## Definition Capital over labor describes a distributional order in which ownership of machines, models and productive infrastructure gains leverage as less human labor is required for production. ## Mechanism and significance In transhumanist arguments, human-machine merger can be interpreted not only as biological transcendence but as a political-economic answer to labor's declining bargaining position. ## Source route - [[research/David Robinson on OpenAI Safety, Superintelligence, and the Transhumanist Transition|David Robinson on OpenAI Safety, Superintelligence, and the Transhumanist Transition]] ## Relationships [[wiki/Technological Unemployment|Technological Unemployment]] · [[wiki/Post-Employment Economy|Post-Employment Economy]] · [[wiki/AI Economy|AI Economy]] · [[wiki/Transhumanism|Transhumanism]] ## Evidence boundary The phrase names a power relation and reported interpretation; it does not establish that merger is inevitable or desirable. ## Simple Reminders, Quotations, and Thoughts  > “I heard Ilya Sutskever describe firsthand how he believed our future was merging with machines and that this was the ultimate triumph of capital over labor.” > **— David Robinson**, *The Ezra Klein Show, October 7, 2026* [[reminders/Posthumanism/Human-Machine Merger Would Be Capital's Ultimate Triumph over Labor by David Robinson|Human-Machine Merger Would Be Capital's Ultimate Triumph over Labor by David Robinson]]