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Comment by Eliezer Yudkowsky
AI researcher and writer
I'm skeptical that Universal Basic Income can get rid of grinding poverty, since somehow humanity's 100-fold productivity increase (since the days of agriculture) didn't eliminate poverty.Verified source (Jul 26, 2024)
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The exact wording does appear on the linked LessWrong page and is attributed there to Eliezer Yudkowsky; the page shows his byline and the quote itself at lines 22–33. However, that source is dated 26 Jul 2024, not 2017. I also found a related LessWrong FAQ last updated 18 Aug 2017 with similar but non-identical wording, so the quote is authentic but the supplied year is incorrect. ([lesswrong.com](https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/fPvssZk3AoDzXwfwJ/universal-basic-income-and-poverty/))
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