Elon Musk: Universal Basic Income Will Be ‘Necessary’ if Robots Take over Human Jobs

Elon Musk: Universal Basic Income Will Be ‘Necessary’ if Robots Take over Human Jobs

Elon Musk Tesla CEO Elon Musk stated via Twitter recently that universal basic income will become “necessary” if many jobs performed by human workers become automated.

One Twitter users recently asked billionaire tech CEO Elon Musk if he supported universal basic income, a program under which the average citizen would receive monthly government-funded cash handouts. Musk replied that such a program may be “necessary over time” if A.I. continues to advance and begins to perform many jobs previously performed by human workers. Universal income will be necessary over time if AI takes over most human jobs Musk previously expressed […]

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