This paper presents a comparative-historical analysis of the current socio-economic shift from the post-industrial paradigm to the Artificial Intelligence (AI) era. By drawing structural analogies with previous transitions—specifically the shift from Slavery to Feudalism and from Feudalism to Industrial Capitalism—the study isolates the changing locus of human utility. The research argues that just as the Industrial Revolution devalued human muscle power, the AI Revolution is currently devaluing human cognitive algorithmic processing. Using the framework of historical materialism and the philosophy of mind, the article posits that the "uselessness" of the human agent in traditional economic roles will necessitate a radical migration of labor into the domain of "spiritual economy." It is hypothesized that future human relevance will rely exclusively on Qualia-centric activities—spiritual practices, deep ethical reflection, and non-algorithmic creativity—areas that remain ontologically inaccessible to computational systems. Keywords: Artificial Intelligence, Technological Singularity, Historical Materialism, Social Stratification, Cognitive Automation, Spiritual Economy, Qualia, Post-Labor Society.
Alexander Vorobyev (Fri,) studied this question.