agi will take jobs ubi is the solution?

11 Oct 2026 · 1 min

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Charles Cormier argues that AGI will push CEOs to replace human workers with AI because it's cheaper and more convenient. He sees UBI as necessary protection for displaced workers, though he believes competitive people like himself will stay employed.

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Okay, coming back to a question of AGI, right? Like, do you believe in UBI? I think right now, as far as my brain can think, it's a system that would pay these people that wouldn't have a job. Because as a CEO, I wouldn't hire someone because, oh, it's a human, nor would you, by the way. Like, you give much shit about that? You want to take care of your family first, want to take care of your community after hiring a random someone rather than outsourcing to an AGI to have it done. I don't think guys like you and I will like be out of jobs because we're so competitive and we're wired differently. We We're wired for competition, competition, and like just not resting on our laurels. That's 1%.