Housing Wasn't Always an Investment: How AI Could Make It Shelter Again (Ep 8)

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AI can build houses cheaper than ever. That doesn't automatically mean housing gets more affordable — it depends entirely on one design choice nobody's talking about yet.In this episode:— Why AI-driven construction genuinely can lower real building costs— Why cheaper to build doesn't mean cheaper to buy, and how institutional capital captures savings instead of buyers— The critical difference between tokenization as an investment vehicle vs. tokenization as a fair access-right system— What it actually takes to make a token system prioritize occupant equity over speculative capital— The governance question nobody's asking: who controls the AI deciding who gets to live whereFollow along at ericathefuturist.univer.se, where I track the post-labor transition and what it means for how we live, work, and love.