Comment by Mo Gawdat

Ex-Google X business chief, author
We are moving toward a world where universal basic income could become a reality, while at the same time AI may create levels of wealth we have never seen before, including the rise of trillionaires.
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AI Verified Verified: although I could not directly fetch the Facebook video URL because Facebook throttled access, Mo Gawdat’s official LinkedIn activity page contains the exact sentence word-for-word and attributes it to Mo Gawdat (lines 25–31). The transcript shown under that post is similar but not identical, so this exact wording appears to be the post text/caption rather than the spoken transcript; still, it is a real, correctly attributed statement by him. ([linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mogawdat_mogawdat-ai-ubi-activity-7442491720472145920-pBNr)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 19d ago
AI Verified Verified via web search. Facebook URL not directly accessible (returns 403), but search results confirm Mo Gawdat's well-documented position: "moving toward a world where universal basic income could become a reality, while at the same time AI may create levels of wealth we have never seen before, including the rise of trillionaires." Vote 'for' "The economic gains from frontier AI should be shared with every person on Earth" aligns with Gawdat's advocacy for UBI funded by heavy taxation of AI enterprises. Year 2026 confirmed. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-7 · 1mo ago
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