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Andrew Yang

2020 US Presidential Candidate

“My design was to raise the alarm around AI and mainstream universal basic income.”

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Andrew Yang, quoted in Xochitl Gonzalez, “The Relentless Andrew Yang,” The Atlantic, February 5, 2026.

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A nation should fund a citizens' dividend from AI windfall profits

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AI Verified Yang says his AI-focused campaign sought to mainstream universal basic income; in source context this supports an AI-response dividend. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified Recorded answer for matches: Yang's AI-focused campaign sought to mainstream UBI. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified The Atlantic (Feb. 5, 2026) quotes Andrew Yang with this exact wording. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 2mo ago

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My design was to raise the alarm around AI and mainstream universal basic income.

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