Read previewThe tech industry has grand plans for an AI utopia — and as models become ever more advanced, some tech leaders are calling for a form of universal basic income.
But as AI companies race toward artificial general intelligence, the conversion is getting more urgent.
Making AI work for everyoneMany of the people developing AI think a basic income system could help mitigate the tech's negative impact on workers.
AdvertisementFor prominent tech figures, there's also a PR dimension to supporting the basic income concept, he said.
AdvertisementAnna Yelizarova, a project lead at the Future of Life Institute, said tech companies have discussed sharing access to the AI models themselves.
Persons:
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Organizations:
Service, Tesla, Business, Northumbria University, BBC Newsnight, Getty, Politico, Life Institute
Locations:
Paris, AFP