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Humanoid Robot Can "Chase You Anywhere", Warns Musk In Talks With UK PM
The owner of X Elon Musk on Thursday predicted the future with AI would be an "age of abundance" with a "universal high income" instead of a universal basic income but warned of "humanoid robots" that might chase humans.
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Sam Altman’s Worldcoin Wants to Scan Your Eyeballs in Exchange for Cryptocurrency
Sam Altman, the former head of the Silicon Valley business incubator Y Combinator, has launched a new startup that intends to give a special type of cryptocurrency to every person on earth, but only after it has scanned everyone’s eyeballs. Among the many parts of its plan, Worldcoin has designed an orb-shaped device that would scan a person’s ...
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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Donates $3 Million to Test Universal Basic Income
Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey has said he will donate $3 million to a group of US mayors to experiment with the creation of universal basic income.
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Twitter's Jack Dorsey Donates $3 Million To Test Universal Basic Income
Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey has said he will donate $3 million to a group of US mayors to experiment with the creation of universal basic income.
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Coronavirus Fallout Revives Talk Of "Universal Basic Income"
The scoffed-at idea of paying everyone a basic income as machines take people's jobs is getting a fresh look as a possible remedy for economies cratered by the coronavirus pandemic.
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US Entrepreneur Andrew Yang Mounts White House Bid Around Basic Income
Tech entrepreneur Andrew Yang may not become the next US president, but the clear-headed futurist has mounted a surprisingly vigorous White House bid centered around his plan for universal basic income.
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Congress's Minimum Income Guarantee Scheme "NYAY" Explained In 10 Points
The Congress on Monday announced a minimum income guarantee programme that will give up to Rs 72,000 a year or Rs 6,000 a month to 20 per cent of India's poorest families if voted back to power. Congress President Rahul Gandhi, facing a tough opponent in Prime Minister Narendra Modi in general elections set for April and May, called the proposal a ...
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Rahul Gandhi's Basic Income Plan "Not Feasible": NITI Aayog Vice Chairman
Calling the Congress President Rahul Gandhi's promise of a minimum income guarantee to poor unimplementable, NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar says it is similar in nature to former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's "Garibi Hatao" slogan.
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Rahul Gandhi Promises Universal Basic Income For Poor: 10 Points
Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday said that his party - if voted to power in the Lok Sabha election - will ensure a minimum income to the poor people of the country. Mr Gandhi made the announcement at the ''Kisaan Abhaar Sammelan'' in Chhattisgarh's Raipur. He said with the minimum income guarantee, there will be no hungry, poor people in t...
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Rahul Gandhi's Gamechanger? Minimum Income Guarantee If Voted To Power
Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday promised that his party will give a guaranteed minimum income to the poor people of the country if his party forms a government in 2019. He made the promise at a rally in Chhattisgarh.
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Tiny Indian State Runs Biggest Assured Income Experiment: Foreign Media
High in the Himalayas, Sikkim is one of the tiniest states in India. But it is about to embark on an experiment of global interest. Sikkim's ruling party has announced an ambitious plan to implement a universal basic income for every one of its 610,577 citizens.
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1 Or 2 States May Implement Universal Income In Two Years, Says Arvind Subramanian
Universal basic income will guarantee all citizens enough income to cover their basic needs.
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IMF Has An Alternative To 'Inequitable, Inefficient Public Spending'
The International Monetary Fund carried out a simulation exercise of various subsidy schemes with universal basic income (UBI).
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Opinion: The Tale And Maths Of Universal Basic Income
UBI is an idea whose time will come, but that time is still quite distant as far as India is concerned.
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'What Would Gandhi Think?' Arvind Subramanian On Universal Basic Income
India's annual $300 billion budget is always unveiled with great pomp and circumstance. The finance minister quotes Shakespeare. The president arrives to Parliament in a horse-drawn carriage. So it's not surprising when the country's chief economics adviser unveiled a dramatic new proposal that would provide no-strings-attached cash stipend for mil...
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Humanoid Robot Can "Chase You Anywhere", Warns Musk In Talks With UK PM
The owner of X Elon Musk on Thursday predicted the future with AI would be an "age of abundance" with a "universal high income" instead of a universal basic income but warned of "humanoid robots" that might chase humans.
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Sam Altman’s Worldcoin Wants to Scan Your Eyeballs in Exchange for Cryptocurrency
Sam Altman, the former head of the Silicon Valley business incubator Y Combinator, has launched a new startup that intends to give a special type of cryptocurrency to every person on earth, but only after it has scanned everyone’s eyeballs. Among the many parts of its plan, Worldcoin has designed an orb-shaped device that would scan a person’s ...
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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Donates $3 Million to Test Universal Basic Income
Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey has said he will donate $3 million to a group of US mayors to experiment with the creation of universal basic income.
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Twitter's Jack Dorsey Donates $3 Million To Test Universal Basic Income
Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey has said he will donate $3 million to a group of US mayors to experiment with the creation of universal basic income.
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Coronavirus Fallout Revives Talk Of "Universal Basic Income"
The scoffed-at idea of paying everyone a basic income as machines take people's jobs is getting a fresh look as a possible remedy for economies cratered by the coronavirus pandemic.
-
US Entrepreneur Andrew Yang Mounts White House Bid Around Basic Income
Tech entrepreneur Andrew Yang may not become the next US president, but the clear-headed futurist has mounted a surprisingly vigorous White House bid centered around his plan for universal basic income.
-
Congress's Minimum Income Guarantee Scheme "NYAY" Explained In 10 Points
The Congress on Monday announced a minimum income guarantee programme that will give up to Rs 72,000 a year or Rs 6,000 a month to 20 per cent of India's poorest families if voted back to power. Congress President Rahul Gandhi, facing a tough opponent in Prime Minister Narendra Modi in general elections set for April and May, called the proposal a ...
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Rahul Gandhi's Basic Income Plan "Not Feasible": NITI Aayog Vice Chairman
Calling the Congress President Rahul Gandhi's promise of a minimum income guarantee to poor unimplementable, NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar says it is similar in nature to former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's "Garibi Hatao" slogan.
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Rahul Gandhi Promises Universal Basic Income For Poor: 10 Points
Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday said that his party - if voted to power in the Lok Sabha election - will ensure a minimum income to the poor people of the country. Mr Gandhi made the announcement at the ''Kisaan Abhaar Sammelan'' in Chhattisgarh's Raipur. He said with the minimum income guarantee, there will be no hungry, poor people in t...
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Rahul Gandhi's Gamechanger? Minimum Income Guarantee If Voted To Power
Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday promised that his party will give a guaranteed minimum income to the poor people of the country if his party forms a government in 2019. He made the promise at a rally in Chhattisgarh.
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Tiny Indian State Runs Biggest Assured Income Experiment: Foreign Media
High in the Himalayas, Sikkim is one of the tiniest states in India. But it is about to embark on an experiment of global interest. Sikkim's ruling party has announced an ambitious plan to implement a universal basic income for every one of its 610,577 citizens.
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1 Or 2 States May Implement Universal Income In Two Years, Says Arvind Subramanian
Universal basic income will guarantee all citizens enough income to cover their basic needs.
-
IMF Has An Alternative To 'Inequitable, Inefficient Public Spending'
The International Monetary Fund carried out a simulation exercise of various subsidy schemes with universal basic income (UBI).
-
Opinion: The Tale And Maths Of Universal Basic Income
UBI is an idea whose time will come, but that time is still quite distant as far as India is concerned.
-
'What Would Gandhi Think?' Arvind Subramanian On Universal Basic Income
India's annual $300 billion budget is always unveiled with great pomp and circumstance. The finance minister quotes Shakespeare. The president arrives to Parliament in a horse-drawn carriage. So it's not surprising when the country's chief economics adviser unveiled a dramatic new proposal that would provide no-strings-attached cash stipend for mil...
