People often mention UBI as the solution if AI displaces a large part of the workforce. But I don’t fully understand how it would work with the current gap between the rich, middle class, and poor. Would UBI just mean everyone gets enough to survive, while existing wealthy people keep their houses, land, stocks, companies, yachts, and other advantages? Who gets to live in the nice areas? Who gets the new cars, and who drives the old beaters? Would we still own cars, or move toward shared autonomous transport? Would robots eventually build enough good housing for everyone, or would people be stuck where they are? I understand UBI as a way to solve the income problem. But does it solve the inequality problem, or just preserve the current class system with a survival payment added on top? submitted by /u/Michael_mkz
Originally posted by u/Michael_mkz on r/ArtificialInteligence