UBI vs UBC: Quite the conundrum indeed. I do think that top 5% wealthiest is arbitrary There are countries like the current PRC where being a Jack Ma doesn't protect you from misalignment with the political class; and there are quite a few other nations where political influence can be parlayed INTO massive wealth accumulation/control using advanced, underlying tech as a leveraged springboard and/or well-defended moat. Good luck trying to convince individual voters that the power dynamics are fair and can't be either fudged or finagled.
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Riddle me this. At least 75% on LinkedIn seem pretty excited about the latest ‘remarkable advancement in GenAI’. At least half of them seem to think we are on the edge of a precipice of a massive technical revolution that will render most work unnecessary and usher in endless productivity and prosperity. So, how can the same people cheer for UBI and UBC? How can endless prosperity and subsistence handouts from the government coexist? If we usher in endless productivity and businesses grow in leaps and bounds - how come we can’t fill our own plates? UBI doesn’t just mean that people need support. It means that society functions in a way where there are hard caps on how much people can earn and what kind of jobs they can get. Do the people that support AI everywhere and AGI imagine themselves outside the bracket of the people that need UBI? Newsflash. If you aren’t in the top 5% of the wealthiest globally, you will be lining up with the rest of us for monthly rations. Do these people even understand what they are supporting? Or, are these just endless bot accounts repeating the same messages creating a self-perpetuating feedback loop?