[Opinion] Universal basic income is the wrong response to AI - Washington Examiner

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Universal basic income is the wrong response to AI - Washington Examiner

The brave new world of artificial intelligence is at our doorstep. The technology promises to revolutionize the workplace. However, some fear that AI will create mass unemployment. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman of the Silicon Valley elite argues that the United States should implement a program of universal basic income to address the problem of unemployment. Populists from the Left and Right also advocate a UBI program to reduce income inequality for l…