David Patterson Hails Best-Ever Article on Superintelligence's Economic Impact and UHI
davidpattersonx · x · 2026-10-04
Turing Award winner and Google distinguished engineer David Patterson calls this the best article ever written on the economic impact of superintelligence (SI) and the case for Universal High Income (UHI), saying the 6-minute read is well worth it.
The underlying piece argues SI will disrupt labor and economic structures, and that traditional UBI thinking may fall short — 'high income' rather than mere 'basic income' is needed to handle productivity gains and income distribution under superintelligence.
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