Proposal to tax AI and robots instead of human labor gains attention
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Andrew Yang
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The author argues that AI and robots will inevitably displace human workers, and proposes taxing AI/robots instead of humans as a policy solution. The piece is framed as a follow-up to a CNBC appearance where the author made this case, suggesting that even media outlets are growing concerned about AI's labor market impact.
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Twitter / XProposal to tax AI and robots instead of human labor gains attentionblog.andrewyang.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledIs AI going to displace human workers? Of course it is.
You're going to spend a trillion dollars on AI infrastructure and data centers... and then it won't affect the labor market? That doesn't make any sense.
You need to have corporations paying hundreds of billions of dollars a year for AI in
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