Billionaire tech titan Elon Musk has been tweeting quite a lot of late — about everything from his philosophical mentors ( Douglas Adams and Isaac Asimov ) to his political leanings (he’s a socialist).
But nearly lost in a flurry of tweets, Musk now says that universal basic income (UBI) — essentially, free cash handouts — "will be necessary over time if AI [artificial intelligence] takes over most human jobs."
That’s what Musk tweeted Friday in response to a question from a Twitter user who asked him if he supported UBI. Universal income will be necessary over time if AI takes […]
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