>>776884UBI will be necessary if the economy becomes fully dependent upon an AI/robotic workforce that entirely displaces human beings. they know this, which is why elon wants it, because then it means the tech companies can take all the profits that the robotic workforce produces for themselves and give a paltry government mandated sustenance package to the people.
life on UBI without a human-driven economy will be hell for people, you will live in squalor while the billionaire class gets to have a premium lifestyle.