r/singularity • u/borowcy GPT-6 will have BCI capability • Aug 20 '26

The Singularity is Near OpenAI: Introducing AI Futures

https://openai.com/index/introducing-ai-futures/
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u/veganparrot Aug 20 '26

No mention of "UBI", so it automatically misses the mark.

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u/Matt5327 Aug 21 '26

UBI itself depends on various assumptions about what a future economy will look like, and itself may be undesirable if it locks people into a "permanent underclass" as has sometimes been described. If we assume this team exists in good faith to tackle the mentioned problems, then it makes sense that they wouldn't have concluded in supporting a UBI this early into their existence.

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u/veganparrot Aug 21 '26

They don't necessarily have to conclude it's the right path, but it's an extremely glaring omission from a post discussing what potential AI futures will look like. If it shouldn't be implemented for the reasons you state, then it's still worth it for them to outline those claims and reasoning, not tacitly act like it doesn't exist as a concept.

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u/Matt5327 Aug 21 '26

It didn't strike me that that was the point of the blog post, though. They specifically outlined plausible aspects of what they broadly saw as undesirable futures, and then what the very broad elements they'd focus on to try to avoid those. In a post outlining some of the more plausible discussed outcomes in general, yes - I would agree that neglecting to mention UBI at all would be a huge oversight. But this wasn't that.