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How AI Is Impacting Politics & Accelerating the Need For UBI w/ Andrew Yang | EP #61

Aug 31, 2023

Andrew Yang, an American businessman and former presidential candidate, dives deep into the intersection of AI, politics, and Universal Basic Income (UBI). He highlights the potential challenges AI poses to democracy, especially in the 2024 elections. Yang advocates for transformative reforms in voting systems, like ranked choice voting, to enhance civic engagement. He passionately argues for UBI as a solution to job displacement and growing inequality, proposing innovative ideas such as taxing robots to support direct financial aid for individuals.

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Andrew Yang

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Quick takeaways

Reforming the US democracy by implementing all-party primaries and ranked choice voting can improve the dysfunctional two-party system.

The US political system is unprepared to address the potential threats posed by AI in elections, highlighting the need for proactive measures and precautions.

Universal Basic Income (UBI) can be a solution to address technological unemployment and should be funded through measures like taxing AI and redistributing the value of data.

Deep dives

Fixing American Democracy

Andrew Yang discusses the need to fix American democracy and introduces his moonshot of reforming the system. He highlights the dysfunctional nature of the two-party system, where politicians prioritize their own interests rather than solving problems effectively. He proposes getting rid of party primaries in states and moving towards an all-party primary system, where candidates from different parties compete in the same primary, followed by ranked choice voting in the general election. Alaska and Nevada have already implemented similar systems with positive results.

The Impact of AI on Medical Education and Job Security

01:13

Disrupting the Two-Party System

01:15

The potential for basic living as a service with technology

01:42

The Impact of AI on Tax Revenue and Job Displacement

00:36

Intro

2min

AI, Democracy, and the Future of Governance

19min

Revolutionizing Elections: Alaska's Primary Shift

4min

Reforming American Primaries

18min

Navigating Job Disruption: The Case for Universal Basic Income

6min

Bridging Insecurity and Inequality

5min

Navigating the Future: AI, Employment, and UBI

9min

Celebrating the Innovations of a Leading Inventor

2min

AI, Purpose, and Societal Transformation

14min

In this episode, Peter and Andrew discuss the challenges and potential solutions for modern democracy including reinventing voting systems, potential threats from AI in the upcoming presidential elections, and UBI (Universal Basic Income).

03:13 | AI vs. Democracy in 2024
37:05 | Elon For President?
44:59 |Reducing Fear: UBI Explored

Andrew Yang is an American businessman, attorney, and politician. He was a candidate in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries and the 2021 New York City Democratic mayoral primary. Yang is the co-chair of the Campaign for a Human-Centered Economy. His signature policy was a universal basic income (UBI) of $1,000 a month as a response to job displacement by automation. Yang has been credited with popularizing the idea of universal basic income through his candidacy and activism.

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