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Sam Altman Gave Thousands of People Free Money — Here's What Happened
The inside story of the OpenResearch study, one of the largest unconditional cash experiments in US history: 1,000 participants, $1,000 a month, three years — and results that both UBI's champions and skeptics claimed as vindication. Part of our Silicon Safety Nets series. @Forbes
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Musk and Other Tech Leaders Signal Support for UBI Amid AI-Fueled Layoffs
CBS News on the 2026 moment tech billionaires lined up behind universal basic income — including Elon Musk's call for a "Universal High Income" — and why lawmakers question whether the moguls would ever accept the taxes to fund it. Part of our Silicon Safety Nets series. @CBSNews
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Sam Altman on UBI: "I'm Very Much in Favor"
Altman explains why he backs a cash floor — and why he suspects the AI era may demand something different: "universal basic compute," giving every citizen a slice of AI capacity rather than a check. The seed of his later collective-ownership proposals. Part of our Silicon Safety Nets series. @UBIWorks
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AI Is "Juicing Up" Inflation, Says Moody's Mark Zandi
Moody's chief economist on CNBC explaining how the AI buildout's demand for chips and electricity is feeding inflation right now — while the promised productivity payoff lags behind. Essential context before anyone proposes adding stimulus checks on top. Part of our Silicon Safety Nets series. @CNBCtelevision
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Economist Explains What Happens After AI Takes All Jobs
Economist Daniel Susskind on the world after work — why the outcome of the AI transition is a choice we make rather than a fate we accept, and what a meaningful human life looks like when labor is no longer at the center of it. Part of our Silicon Safety Nets series. @futureoflifeinstitute
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Sam Altman Gave Thousands of People Free Money — Here's What Happened
The inside story of the OpenResearch study, one of the largest unconditional cash experiments in US history: 1,000 participants, $1,000 a month, three years — and results that both UBI's champions and skeptics claimed as vindication. Part of our Silicon Safety Nets series. @Forbes
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CBS News on the 2026 moment tech billionaires lined up behind universal basic income — including Elon Musk's call for a "Universal High Income" — and why lawmakers question whether the moguls would ever accept the taxes to fund it. Part of our Silicon Safety Nets series. @CBSNews
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Altman explains why he backs a cash floor — and why he suspects the AI era may demand something different: "universal basic compute," giving every citizen a slice of AI capacity rather than a check. The seed of his later collective-ownership proposals. Part of our Silicon Safety Nets series. @UBIWorks
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Moody's chief economist on CNBC explaining how the AI buildout's demand for chips and electricity is feeding inflation right now — while the promised productivity payoff lags behind. Essential context before anyone proposes adding stimulus checks on top. Part of our Silicon Safety Nets series. @CNBCtelevision
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An economist's warning about the squeeze coming for policymakers: AI-driven job losses on one side, AI-driven inflation on the other — and central banks with tools that can only fight one at a time. Part of our Silicon Safety Nets series. @RichardJMurphy
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Economist Daniel Susskind on the world after work — why the outcome of the AI transition is a choice we make rather than a fate we accept, and what a meaningful human life looks like when labor is no longer at the center of it. Part of our Silicon Safety Nets series. @futureoflifeinstitute
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