2016 年：硅谷企业家、OpenAI 的 Sam Altman 提议资助一项基本收入实验，以解决因人工智能和技术进步而导致的失业问题。 2016: Silicon Valley entrepreneur Sam Altman of OpenAI proposed funding an experiment on basic income as a solution to job losses due to AI and tech advancements.
包括 OpenAI 的 Sam Altman 在内的硅谷企业家长期以来一直支持政府现金援助的想法，以减轻人工智能和技术进步造成的失业。 Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, including Sam Altman of OpenAI, have long supported the idea of government cash aid as a softening blow to job losses caused by AI and technology advancements. 2016 年，奥特曼提出资助一项基本收入实验，并提出政府定期发放薪水可能是一个解决方案。 In 2016, Altman offered to fund an experiment on basic income, suggesting regular paychecks from the government could be a solution. 该项目的目的是研究如果人们不再担心吃不上饭，他们是否会更有效率、对社会更有益。 The idea is to study whether people would be more productive and beneficial to society without the fear of not being able to eat.