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Is Universal Basic Income Coming to Save Us From AI Layoffs?

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Conrad Shaw has been making the case for universal basic income for a decade. AI layoffs are making it impossible to ignore. The filmmaker and UBI advocate breaks down why this automation wave is different from every previous one, what the data actually shows about whether people stop working when you give them money, and why the funding mechanism for UBI may already be obvious.