Should companies that replace workers with AI be hit with an extra 'robot tax'?
As companies adopt AI to automate more jobs, some economists have proposed taxing firms that replace workers with automation.
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The nice thing about a tax is we can then give the money back to our oligarchs in various ways while looking like we're doing something and being progressive
I think some kind of universal basic income will be needed as more jobs are displaced by AI, and this seems like a pretty good way to fund that.