UBI is only inevitable if we believe that those in power care about anyone else
I firmly believe they will have no problem trying to cull the population with autonomous drones and such once they think they no longer need us. Our leadership is not filled with virtuous people
It's really a little of both in different doses
And the leaders of these companies are so genuinely surprised at the fact that the people are refusing this technology.
Sam Altman: “Looking at what’s possible, it does feel sort of surprisingly slow.”
Satya Nadella: “For this not to be a bubble by definition, it requires that the benefits of this are much more evenly spread.”
Translation: "Look at all these poor executives who don't yet have yachts because we still have to pay workers!"
It is what it is.
100 years ago tractors and machinery were replacing farm workers etc...
Obviously AI is a step up since you at least needed humans to operate many machines.
Some kind of UBI might be inevitable, higher taxes for large/most profitable companies might fuel it. But that's my idealistic view of it.
UBI is only inevitable if we believe that those in power care about anyone else
I firmly believe they will have no problem trying to cull the population with autonomous drones and such once they think they no longer need us. Our leadership is not filled with virtuous people