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Steven Greenhouse

Journalist and author focusing on labor, workplaces, and economic and legal issues.

Universal basic capital would give Americans some funds that would enable them to share in the wealth created by AI. This grant of capital – perhaps in the form of shares in a universal investment fund – could be given to every American or to all workers or just to people at birth.

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Steven Greenhouse, “Billionaires are trying to lull us into AI complacency. Don’t let them,” The Guardian, May 19, 2026.

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Frontier AI labs should be required to contribute a share of their equity to a global trust that pays a dividend to every person on Earth

Universal basic capital would give Americans some funds that would enable them to share in the wealth created by AI.

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AI will create a permanent underclass

We need to take action now to protect against AI’s potentially disastrous effects: millions of layoffs, a huge increase in economic inequality, and the creation of a large, new underclass.

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Frontier AI labs should be required to contribute a share of their equity to a global trust that pays a dividend to every person on Earth

AI will create a permanent underclass