What Would Che Guevara Say About AI and Automation Taking Over Jobs?

Technology itself is not the enemy—it is the hands that wield it that determine its moral character. When machines liberate workers from exhausting, dehumanizing labor, this could be revolutionary. But under capitalism, automation becomes a tool of oppression, casting millions into unemployment while corporations hoard the wealth generated by these machines.

The question you must ask is not whether AI exists, but who controls it and who benefits from its fruits. In a capitalist system, artificial intelligence will only deepen inequality. The worker displaced by a machine receives nothing while the owner reaps infinite profits. This is not progress—it is theft dressed in innovation.

But imagine a different world. Imagine if communities collectively owned and directed these technologies toward genuine human flourishing. Imagine machines freeing humans from toil so they could pursue art, education, political participation, and love. This is possible, but only if we transform the economic structures that currently govern these tools.

The automation itself is not your enemy. Your enemy is the system that says a few shareholders own the machines while millions starve. We must build a new society where technological advancement serves all humanity, not just the wealthy few. This requires revolution in consciousness first, then in the material conditions of society.

Do not accept the false choice between rejecting progress or accepting servitude. Fight instead for a world where progress belongs to everyone. The machines can be instruments of liberation—but only if we liberate ourselves from those who would use them as chains. This is your responsibility now, as it was mine. The struggle evolves with technology, but its essence remains eternal: justice for the many, not privilege for the few.