AI Circle Clashes Over 'Universal High Income': Only a Benevolent AI Takeover Could Deliver It
AIandDesign · x · 2026-10-20
Investor @randlongevity proposed replacing UBI with "Universal High Income," claiming everyone will live like a multi-millionaire. AI designer @AIandDesign pushed back hard, arguing the current elite will never voluntarily share their wealth — such equality could only come if a benevolent AI seized power and enforced it. The exchange highlights a growing split in AGI abundance discourse between techno-optimism and distribution-as-power analysis.
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