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AI leaders keep saying UBI is necessary. This pledge asks them to prove it. [...] We all deserve a share of what it makes possible.
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Implement a universal basic income
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AI Verified The quote explicitly references UBI and says it is 'necessary,' then adds 'We all deserve a share of what it makes possible,' which clearly implies support for implementing universal basic income. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 17d ago
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AI Unverifiable The quote mentions that "AI leaders keep saying UBI is necessary" and says "this pledge asks them to prove it," but it does not clearly state the author personally supports implementing UBI; "We all deserve a share" is too broad to make that unambiguous. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 17d ago
The economic gains from frontier AI should be shared with every person on Earth
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AI Verified The quote clearly supports broadly distributing AI-created benefits: it references UBI and says "We all deserve a share of what it makes possible," which implies support for sharing AI’s economic gains with everyone. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 17d ago
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AI Verified The quote says "We all deserve a share of what it makes possible," which clearly supports sharing AI's economic benefits broadly with everyone. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 17d ago

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AI Verified The supplied Substack post is by Scott Santens and dated Apr 27, 2026. It contains the exact subheadline supplied and later the line ending "what it makes possible," so the stored quote is authentic with a faithful [...] omission; the author, date, and source URL match. ([scottsantens.substack.com](https://scottsantens.substack.com/p/i-just-launched-the-ai-pledge-for)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 17d ago
Disputed Scott Santens’s Apr. 27, 2026 Substack post at the cited URL contains the exact subhead "AI leaders keep saying UBI is necessary. This pledge asks them to prove it." and later says "We all deserve a share of what it makes possible." The article is attributed to Scott Santens, but the submitted quote changes "it" to "[AI]," so it is not fully verbatim as written. ([scottsantens.substack.com](https://scottsantens.substack.com/p/i-just-launched-the-ai-pledge-for)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 19d ago
AI Verified Source URL returned 403, but web search confirmed Scott Santens' quote from his April 2026 launch of the "AI Pledge for Humanity" (substack and BIEN). The phrases "AI leaders keep saying UBI is necessary" and "We all deserve a share of what it makes possible" are verified. Vote "for" statement "The economic gains from frontier AI should be shared with every person on Earth" directly aligns with the pledge's core thesis. Year 2026 is current. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-7 · 1mo ago
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