What you really mean when you claim to support “UBI for job automation”

What you really mean when you claim to support “UBI for job automation”

Author’s Note: Though I’m currently a governance researcher at Convergence Analysis , this post is unaffiliated with Convergence. The opinions expressed are solely my own.

You’ve seen it a dozen times at this point. You’re probably broadly aligned philosophically, but haven’t thought terribly deeply about the details. You generally support Andrew Yang’s $12k / year “ Freedom Dividend ” as “moving in the right direction”, even if it’s economically flawed .

The argument goes roughly like this: “All of our jobs are about to be automated away with AI technology and robotics! We’ll end up soon in a post-work society […]

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