@nytopinion: What if Sam Altman or Dario Amodei gave up a piece of their A.I. profits to the public? Universal basic income isn’t a new idea, but it might help ensure our futures, as A.I. poses a continued threat. The Opinion fellow Tara Jayaram argues that if the world’s richest are using public resources to make their fortunes, why shouldn’t we cash in? | 🎥 @tarajayaram #nytopinion

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digitalguerrilla
DigitalGuerrilla :
If they pay you, they own you
2026-09-19 11:35:02
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keepitfrank
Keepitfrank :
Virtue signalling. They want us on board with AI so bad, they’ll say anything. Truth of the matter is, if everyone was able to benefit from AI boom they wouldn’t be interested
2026-09-18 21:15:16
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haleyeah13
Haley :
But they haven’t made back even half of their investments 🤔
2026-09-18 20:23:29
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bethiekennedy
Kennedy :
Ummm Andrew Yang ran on this idea 6 years ago. He should've been president . Creative , super smart and young!
2026-09-19 00:44:36
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beanz9995
Beanz999 :
They're not. How do I know? What "gains" does the average person receive from the AI boom so far?
2026-09-19 06:24:05
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bluegohan14
Andrew Bearden :
The elites do not care about us. And nothing is “free”.
2026-09-19 00:36:59
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doghouse.riley8
Doghouse Riley :
lol, no they are not
2026-09-18 17:57:49
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starsongawakening
starsongawakening :
Give me the money
2026-09-20 01:50:14
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beccamozart
Beccamozart :
You mean they're starting to see how angry we are and they're scared
2026-09-19 00:02:41
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..t.w.no.9
..t.w.no.9 :
No we want to work and develop
2026-09-18 20:01:04
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drlisaalvarezholland
drlisaalvarezholland :
They don’t want to share the money they took. They want someone else to pay us not to go take back from them.
2026-09-19 17:43:29
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angelad0300
Angela :
AI is their pipe dream, most of humanity does not want it.
2026-09-19 22:24:14
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guavagirl808
guavagirl808 :
Control. It's all a facade to keep control.
2026-09-18 23:50:27
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muthrfukerjones
mthrfckerjones :
I'd love it but the chances we actually see a dime are virtually nonexistent.
2026-09-19 11:21:25
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fabaceaelespedeza
Bunita :
Trillions have been invested in the AI bubble and it is going to pop just like the dot com bubble. They need us common folk to support their raping of the earth and the fact is most people are not supportive of AI
2026-09-18 19:38:45
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scrapbooksiren
Melisa Sanchez 2 :
Hmmm why don’t I believe them?
2026-09-19 01:59:48
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thebeckfamilyzoo
The Beck Family Zoo @ 🦋 :
UBI and mergers with crypto. And these tech billionaires want to own us.
2026-09-19 14:39:26
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wagdog1988
wags :
The wealthy will NEVER share wealth full stop.They would kill millions before sharing a penny.They consider us as non valued cattle .
2026-09-19 19:26:16
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jibaraentexas
JíbaraEnTexas :
If no one has a job then no one has money to spend & they know it but they don't care.
2026-09-18 20:14:25
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arthur_david3
Art N the 🌚Dark🌚 :
We the people just aren’t using AI to our benefit. We carry a mega tool in our pockets. It can change our lives if we can earn how to use it.
2026-09-18 19:49:33
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zenjibenji
ben :
this is all PR imo. these billionaires do not care. nothing is enough going them. they are screwing us all over and making these fortunes off all of our backs. and they are willing to destroy the world and humanity to fill their pockets.
2026-09-18 21:03:26
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stoops_world
Stoop :
I called this years ago - To get it - You sign over essentially everything and don’t even realize it…
2026-09-19 18:19:04
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klasenberry
Kevin :
it was called welfare when poor people were the only recipients
2026-09-18 22:12:32
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kellly.capowski
Kellly Capowski :
I kinda believe….., 🙄. I don’t trust them at all.
2026-09-18 23:26:19
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davidmitnick4
davidmitnick4 :
We should create a sovereign wealth fund with this AI money rather than resort to UBI which will just feel like a small payoff from our tech masters. If we're going to have these tech cartels, the population should have some equity.
2026-09-18 21:35:06
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