Scott Santens on Implement a universal basic income

Scott Santens

Writer & Basic Income advocate

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 · 4mo 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 · 4mo 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 · 4mo 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 · 4mo 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 · 4mo 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 · 4mo 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 · 4mo ago

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Implement a universal basic income

Divided among every adult in the United States, we are looking at a dividend that should be about $1,390 per month here in 2026. Factor in a smaller amount per child — roughly $500 per month — and we are talking about a dividend that would end povert...

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