Ep. 500 Responding to Elon on UBI as a Solution to AI-Produced Unemployment

About this episode

Bob Murphy and Adam Haman discuss and critique Elon Musk's support for Universal Basic Income as a response to AI-induced job loss.

Adam Haman returns, this time helping Bob to unpack and critique Elon Musk's recent advocacy of UBI as a solution to AI taking our jobs.

People in this episode

Host: Bob Murphy

Guest: Adam Haman

Topics covered

• Universal Basic Income
• AI unemployment
• Elon Musk
• economic critique
• job displacement

Keywords

• Universal Basic Income
• Elon Musk
• AI unemployment
• job loss
• economic solutions

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Organizations: UBI

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