Elon Musk in 2017 Saying Robots Will Take Over Jobs From Humans

High-tech mechanisation will make it necessary for states to provide citizens with a basic income to ease social inequality, according to serial tech entrepreneur Elon Musk.

During a live session at the World Government Summit in Dubai in February 2017, SpaceX founder and Tesla CEO Musk said that the knock-on effects of robots and artificial intelligence taking away employment was something policy makers should watch.

Musk said the pace of technological change was leading to “a massive social challenge. And I think ultimately we will have to have some kind of universal basic income (UBI). I don’t think we’re going to have a choice.”

https://www.worldgovernmentsummit.org/observer/articles/2017/detail/elon-musk-on-why-the-world-needs-a-universal-basic-income