The brave new world of artificial intelligence is at our doorstep. The technology promises to revolutionize the workplace. However, some fear that AI will create mass unemployment.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman of the Silicon Valley elite argues that the United States should implement a program of universal basic income to address the problem of unemployment. Populists from the Left and Right also advocate a UBI program to reduce income inequality for low-wage, low-skill workers further, but the majority of voters oppose the introduction of a UBI system.