If they pay an AI company $150,000 a month to replace $50,000 in salaries, the government then loses all that income tax from the previous employees as well as the payroll tax on $600k a year.

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 minute ago

Uh they'll just claim the AI is being used in another country then?

There's really no way to definitively decide the tax jurisdiction of an AI agent.

Good luck figuring this one out without a tax on unrealized gains in companies and good luck figuring that one out for companies if they can just scheme around it by reinvesting all their profit indefinitely.

A special 50% AI services tax for the company selling access to the AI might work though. Like VAT, but don't let companies claim it back. Good luck defining what AI is legally though.