Tokens, Dividends, or Data Wages? Designing UBI for an AI-First Economy - Mitchell Bryson
If AI does most work, what does "income" become? This piece explores plausible UBI designs for an AI-heavy future - cash dividends from AI windfalls, "universal basic compute" credits, and data-as-labor royalties - grounded in what we've learned from real basic-income pilots and existing dividend models. It sketches how such systems might emerge, who funds them, and how access to powerful AI could be rationed fairly without stifling innovation.
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