Geoffrey Hinton, a prominent figure in artificial intelligence (AI) often dubbed the “Godfather of AI,” recently advised the United Kingdom’s government at Downing Street to consider adopting a universal basic income (UBI) to mitigate the anticipated job losses due to AI advancements. Until recently, Hinton was employed at Google, working on sophisticated AI features for neural networks. These networks form the backbone of modern generative AI systems like Google’s Gemini and OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Hinton asserts that the AI revolution will disproportionately benefit the wealthy. He warned that common workers and those in automatable jobs will likely lose their livelihoods, which
