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rayinertoday at 1:52 PM7 repliesview on HN

Then who pays for it?


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raydevtoday at 10:07 PM

That is a great question for those in power to figure out before the masses get upset enough to harm them.

DavidPipertoday at 2:04 PM

That is the question society is currently asking with articles like this one.

Given that (allegedly) "your salary" won't be the answer for a significant chunk of the population soon, and all that money will instead (allegedly) go to the bosses doing the firings, and the AI companies they employ instead.

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fn-motetoday at 5:57 PM

Frankly, the entire world is now paying for what is happening in the US.

Were you talking about specifically how do you restrain the power of massive corporations to harm people? AI is coming but a lot of the other things that are happening are preventable - like the rise of no-benefit gig work.

jplusequalttoday at 3:55 PM

Raising taxes is the only possible way a UBI would be feasible, and even then it wouldn't be a large enough amount for most people to live off of.

Also, a UBI is likely to cause inflation.

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estimator7292today at 2:39 PM

Everyone. That includes the small number of people hoarding a majority of the wealth. Everyone needs to contribute to the wellbeing of society as a whole and nobody is exempt.

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UltraSanetoday at 4:01 PM

A national dividend from the combined profits of all companies.

scotty79today at 2:41 PM

At societal level money is not a resource.

Money is just a way of keeping track to how high of a fraction of the future output of the civilization any one person or entity is entitled to. This is by consent.

With AI all is subject to change.

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