> “Universal basic income” was one of the first concepts probed by OpenResearch, a moonshots lab linked to OpenAI that Altman has personally contributed tens of millions of dollars to in a crusade to shape a future he sees as inevitably disrupted by artificial intelligence.
I personally like how he is trying to think of a way to look after everyone if AI leads to large amounts of unemployment. I like the idea of basic income.
At the same time though. It's weird. he get's to play around with this money and I am guessing reduces his taxes at the same time?
I am sure there are some other wealthy people doing similar but for far less benign purposes.