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> Altman is an advocate of Universal Basic Income

So he says. And the way he proposed reaching that was with a scam cryptocurrency under his control which has rightfully been banned in several countries.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/richardnieva/worldcoin-...

https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/04/06/1048981/worldcoi...

If there's one thing that's clear from the article, it's that he's a proponent of anything that will benefit him, even multiple conflicting things at the same time.

Meaningfully?

Is there an advocacy arm of OpenAI pushing for legislation for UBI? Or is this like Musk's supposed support for UBI while also insisting that welfare payments to the poor are a bad thing?

It would be absolutely astounding to read TFA and then continue to take this weasel and his word at face value.

It's easy to advocate for something when you know it's essentially impossible to implement.