"Essentially, the government is going to take over some fraction of the big tech firms."

…“Eventually, we need some form of universal basic income for everybody while they work and once they retire,” Roubini added. “We’re already on the way.”…

“We’ll have either ex-post distribution—that is universal basic income—or we’ll have it ex-ante. Ex-ante means some form of socialism,” Roubini explained. “Essentially, the government is going to take over some fraction of the big tech firms.”

He said AI companies are already willing to hand over stakes to the government, alluding to a Financial Times report that said OpenAI has discussed giving 5% as a way for the public to share in the upside of AI.

Altman’s proposal would entail other AI companies providing similar stakes, although it’s not clear if his U.S. rivals would be willing to do so.

As a result, Roubini believes universal basic income or socialism is inevitable, saying “We’re going already in that direction, effectively.”…

…he called it optimistic, given that it assumes 10% growth and “machines doing all the work.”…

  • TheCriticalMember@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    4 days ago

    Holy cow man. I was pointing out the comedy value of a random internet commenter assuming someone doesn’t know anything about neural networks only to have that person be an actual expert on neural networks. You might want to put some of that psych knowledge into checking into your sensitivity issues.

    And just for the record, I don’t know shit about how brains work. I have a ba and ms in computer science and I also don’t know shit about AI.