Musk: UBI necessary as robots will do jobs better; meaning is the harder problem
acmoytoy · x · 2026-08-23
Elon Musk reiterated that Universal Basic Income (UBI) will eventually be necessary because robots will be able to do almost any job better than humans. He argued this is not a matter of choice but probability. He highlighted the harder challenge: addressing the "crisis of meaning"—how people find purpose and value if their labor is no longer needed.
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