AI Debater: If Mass Displacement Is Coming, Where Are the Serious UBI Proposals?
dreamwieber · x · 2026-10-03
In an ongoing debate on AI's economic impact, the author declines to pick a "team," arguing there are many sharp edges that deserve more discussion. Their biggest concern: if AI really triggers mass economic displacement, serious policy proposals for universal basic income and healthcare are nowhere to be found.
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