What do you think?

I think in the face of AI taking over many tasks, we need to rethink about how we frame the future of society. Reframing Universal Basic Income as Automation Compensation means presenting the policy as a way to make up for jobs and income lost due to automation and AI. Instead of viewing UBI as a general welfare payment, it becomes seen as compensation paid to everyone for the value automation creates, supporting those whose work is replaced by machines and helping everyone share in productivity gains. Especially in the US, the average person doesn’t like the idea of someone getting something that they’re personally not receiving. So framing it as a compensation that everyone receives regardless of employment status I think is the only feasible way forward.

  • jaykrown@lemmy.worldOP
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    3 hours ago

    The problem with AI isn’t that it is going to end up replacing a significant chunk of the workforce, but rather that penny-pinching managers can be convinced that AI is (or will be) able do that.

    This to me is such an interesting perspective which I’ve read a lot of people write the past couple months. AI will absolutely replace a significant chunk of the workforce, there are many jobs that are repetitive and very close to being automated. Any type of manual data entry or customer service are at serious risk. I strongly suggest you do some research into what the most powerful models are capable of before forming an opinion.

    For instance if you want some examples:

    “ElevenLabs’ latest 2025 update delivers true text-voice multimodal conversational agents, real-time adaptive speech, support for 73 languages, deep emotional range, and native “multimodality” for both text and speech inputs, with a roadmap for further cross-modal features. Google Gemini’s most recent update, released November 2025, introduced Gemini 2.5 Pro and Flash, which feature real-time collaborative “Live” mode, massive context handling (1M tokens), improved multimodal capabilities (native text, image, audio, video reasoning), and a “Deep Think” mode for advanced reasoning—cementing Gemini 2.5 as a best-in-class AI for both data entry and complex support.”

    Like you want a real time agent that replies to your customer service questions regarding a product in authentic sounding speech? I can point you to the tools to build it in a couple weeks.