Musk Proposes Universal Income for AI Era

0:00It's April 18th. From your city to your ears, this is Canada News today, powered by AI. I'm Cory with the story. Elon Musk has dropped a bombshell idea. The government should hand out universal high income to every American to cushion the blow from AI wiping out. Jobs. He argues platforms like Chad GPT and his own rock will flood the market with unemployment, so Uncle Sam needs to step in with steady checks. This ramps up the old universal basic income concept, giving folks enough cash for basics like rent, food, and health care, no questions asked. Musk says AI and robots will crank out way more goods and services than the extra money in circulation, dodging inflation worries that critics always. Flag. It's a headscratcher hearing this from Musk, the Tesla and SpaceX boss, whose long-plished massive government spending cuts. He's back Trump and even led that short-lived Department of government efficiency push, slashing funds for health and food aid abroad. He once showed up at a conservative rally, swinging a chainsaw to hide deficits slashing.

1:05Yet now he's flipping to big federal payouts as the fix for AI disruption. As AI reshapes work in wallets, Musk's pivot from cuts to cash flow has everyone watching. Could this signal a new era for how we handle tech-driven?