What some leaders think of using universal income to mitigate AI-fueled layoffs: Musk calls it the “best way”, OpenAI's policy doc mentions a Public Wealth Fund
Topline — Elon Musk on Friday touted what he described as “Universal HIGH INCOME” as a solution to deal …
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Discussion
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@elonmusk
Elon Musk
on x
Universal HIGH INCOME via checks issued by the Federal government is the best way to deal with unemployment caused by AI. AI/robotics will produce goods & services far in excess of the increase in the money supply, so there will not be inflation.
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@mollyjongfast
Molly Jong-Fast
on x
@elonmusk Perhaps you can be the first to pay into the system?
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@davidmarcus
David Marcus
on x
@elonmusk Agree. Except, let's do better than checks?
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@dmichaeltripi
Dominic Michael Tripi
on x
@elonmusk That's not feasible, serious restrictions must be imposed on AI so that it does not destroy the quality of human life. Your highly profitable venture that nobody asked for is not worth risking humanity or degrading society down to some AI-driven hellscape.
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@esjesjesj
@esjesjesj
on x
“Don't worry about my AI taking your job, the government will make you rich with socialist policies that I have spent millions campaigning against.” [image]
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@stevesi
Steven Sinofsky
on x
@elonmusk There's little evidence the government can effectively issue transfer payments without rampant fraud.
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@bentleyammers
Bentley
on x
@elonmusk First, reduce corporate welfare. In 2025, at least 88 major U.S. companies had over $105B in pretax profits but paid $0 in fed income tax — Disney ($8.3B), Tesla ($5.7B), CVS, and Palantir. Before printing government checks to address Al-driven unemployment — first clos…
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@gmiller
Geoffrey Miller
on x
Two problems with this ‘Abundance’ narrative. 1) The smaller problem: It would render everyone totally dependent on massive gov't welfare programs. Not just 350 million Americans, but all 8 billion people globally — because AI-imposed mass unemployment will be global. It
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r/Futurology
r
on reddit
Elon Musk Touts Universal Income As Remedy To AI-Driven Unemployment
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r/singularity
r
on reddit
Forbes: Elon Musk States Universal High Income Via Government Issued Checks Is The Best Way To Deal With Unemployment By AI
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Dr Shivam Natarajan
Dr Shivam Natarajan
on linkedin
So literally you invent “mass unemployment tool” and then struggle to solve it. Sounds familiar to many things happening recently all over the world. …