Ex-Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon tells Jon Stewart: no jobs, but a universal high income
Neurogence · reddit · 2026-10-07
Jacob Coxon, the ex-Anthropic researcher who resigned over AI extinction risk, debated 'Universal High Income' on Jon Stewart's show and called it a rhetorical failure — audiences don't trust benefits will be distributed. Stewart mocked the idea, saying people would die of boredom without jobs; Coxon countered that most people work to live, not for fulfillment.
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