Billionaire Richard Branson: Extreme wealth generated by A.I. industry should be used for cash handouts

Billionaire Richard Branson: Extreme wealth generated by A.I. industry should be used for cash handouts

Billionaire and iconic entrepreneur Richard Branson says the extreme wealth that will be generated by the artificial intelligence industry should be partly redistributed as a universal basic income, or cash handouts.

"Basic income is going to be all the more important. If a lot more wealth is created by AI, the least that the country should be able to do is that a lot of that wealth that is created by AI goes back into making sure that everybody has a safety net," says Branson, speaking with Business Insider Nordic while in Helsinki for the Nordic Business Forum recently.

"Obviously AI […]

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