Sam Altman envisions a future where universal basic income is a "slice of GPT"
TechSpot
All-In podcast (episode posted the week before the reports)
“I wonder if the future looks something more like Universal Basic Compute than Universal Basic Income, and everybody gets like a slice of GPT-7's compute, and they can use it, they can re-sell it, they can donate it to somebody to use for cancer research.”
Sam Altmanreported 13 May 2024- What you'll lose2/5
Cash, replaced by a slice of his own product.
- Condescension3/5
You may donate your share to cancer research.
- Tone-deafness4/5
Universal basic income, redeemable at OpenAI.
- Doom0/5
None.
- Hypocrisy2/5
A long-time backer of cash payments, now offering compute.
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The occasion
All-In podcast (episode posted the week before the reports), reported 13 May 2024.
Context
Asked about universal basic income, which Altman has long backed, he said he wonders whether the future will look more like a share of an advanced model's compute than cash payments, while also saying that if you could give people money, they would make good decisions.
Crowd reaction
Critical commentary
TechSpot writes that 'it's hard to imagine that many people will welcome it, particularly if it's an alternative to receiving monthly cash payments'; the Slashdot thread drew 79 comments. This is mild critical commentary.
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