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Billionaires push UBI/UBC to prevent AI-driven revolt, author claims

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Billionaires are advocating for universal basic income (UBI) and universal basic compute (UBC) as a means to placate the population when AI and automation displace jobs. The argument suggests that these initiatives will keep people content enough to prevent social unrest, while the AI and robots responsible for job displacement are owned by the same billionaires. The author posits that since AI models are trained on collective work, they should be collectively owned. AI

IMPACT Suggests AI-driven job displacement could necessitate new social safety nets to prevent unrest.

RANK_REASON The item is an opinion piece discussing the socio-economic implications of AI and UBI/UBC, rather than a factual announcement or release.

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    UBI and UBC* are the new bread and games. Why are billionaires advocating for them? Because they'll keep people just happy enough to not revolt. When AI and rob

    UBI and UBC* are the new bread and games. Why are billionaires advocating for them? Because they'll keep people just happy enough to not revolt. When AI and robots (both owned by them) start taking jobs, more and more people will not be able to afford food and might rise up. So k…

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