Acharya Prashant responds to a question about the future of the economy, particularly concerning the rise of AI, automation, and unemployment. He begins by stating that humans, having only recently emerged from the jungle in an evolutionary sense, still possess animalistic tendencies. Our primary instinct is to live for ourselves and our own profit. This is reflected in the corporate world, where the fundamental goal of any company is to maximize profit for its owners and stakeholders, not to serve society or provide employment. Therefore, corporations will naturally adopt AI and automation because these tools increase efficiency and profitability, even if it means laying off human employees. The speaker asserts that this is an unstoppable trend. He then describes the future economic model that will emerge from this trend. There will be an extreme concentration of wealth in the hands of a very small elite, the top 1%, while the vast majority of the population will be left with just enough to survive. This economic disparity will continue to widen. The masses will not be left completely destitute for two main reasons: first, to prevent a revolution, as seen in places like Sri Lanka, and second, to maintain them as a consumer base for the goods produced by the corporations. This system will be sustained by providing the masses with freebies, subsidies, and a constant stream of cheap entertainment and distractions. People will be given just enough purchasing power to keep the economic cycle moving and enough entertainment to prevent them from realizing their exploited condition. Acharya Prashant further explains that this model has severe consequences, including the climate crisis, which is primarily driven by the consumption of the top 1% but will be suffered most by the masses at the bottom of the economic pyramid. He dismisses the notion of corporate social responsibility (CSR) as a facade, stating that companies are not established for social service. He uses the analogy of a gorilla with a banana to illustrate that those who gain power and profit will not share it, as it goes against their fundamental, self-serving nature. The speaker concludes that the future will see a world where a vast, enslaved population is controlled by a small, powerful elite, with most people being unaware of their own enslavement because they are kept sedated with entertainment and other distractions.