"Others wait for AGI, I wait for UBI": an engineer's AI-anxiety quip
arpit_bhayani · x · 2026-10-07
Engineering leader arpitbhayani quips: "Others are waiting for AGI. I am waiting for UBI. I am done, bro :)" — a one-liner capturing the mood of practitioners who'd rather bet on universal basic income than on ever-stronger models, reflecting growing displacement anxiety inside the AI industry itself.
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