Elon Musk Endorses Universal Basic Income as Answer to AI-Driven Unemployment

Elon Musk publicly championed universal basic income as the most realistic response to the coming wave of AI-driven unemployment, arguing that sufficiently capable AI agents will displace enough workers that traditional labor-market policies will no longer suffice. The remarks align Musk with Bernie Sanders and OpenAI's Sam Altman on one of the tech industry's most contested economic questions.