Robot UBI Model: Optimistic Tech Plus 55% Top Tax Rate Could Fund Living-Wage UBI by 2041
Competitive_Travel16 · reddit · 2026-11-08
A Reddit user published a year-by-year economic model (robotubi.pages.dev) exploring whether robots and AI could fund a living-wage universal basic income without inflation, charting a possible 15-year path.
Key findings:
- Under optimistic tech assumptions (AI can do 70% of cognitive work, robots 80% of physical work, half of potential reached in 6-10 years), today's capital taxes plus a 55% top income tax rate, a 35% land value tax and a 4-year phase-in reach 100% of a living wage in 2041 — no new automation-rent tax needed, with every inflation, debt and investment safeguard holding.
- With central (mid-range) technology, the same policies fall short through 2060.
- Sensitive variables include work displacement rates (5% vs 35% jobless), diffusion speed (6 vs 12-20 years), capture ceiling, and financing rules (borrow vs financed). Full range: 2035-2060+.
A clearly structured quantitative take on AI-driven job displacement and UBI feasibility, with per-row parameter sensitivity.
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