Until recently, Hinton worked for Google, developing high-level AI features for neural networks. This underlying technology powers most modern generative AI systems, such as Google’s Gemini and OpenAI’s ChatGPT.
According to Hinton, the AI revolution will mostly benefit the rich. Laypersons, blue-collar workers, and those employed in jobs that can be automated stand to lose their means of income and “that’s going to be bad for society,” he recently told the BBC in an interview.
“I was consulted by people in Downing Street,” said Hinton, “and I advised them that universal basic income was a good idea.”
Hinton isn’t the only major player in the field of AI who believes that we’ll need UBI to offset the impact automation will have on the human economy.
Before becoming one of the most famous CEOs in the tech industry, OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman studied under Hinton and helped pioneer the neural network. These days, Altman is known for his tenure as OpenAI’s top brass, as well as his full-throated support for UBI.
Altman’s other venture, Worldcoin, is focused on providing UBI through the adoption of a cryptocurrency token provided free of charge to anyone who signs up for the service and submits to a retinal scan to verify their identity.
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