The director of Sam Altman’s basic-income study says one of the most interesting results was an increased interest in starting a business

Business Insider

What happens when you give people $1,000 a month? They may start thinking about launching a business.

Earlier this month, the nonprofit OpenResearch published the results of a study in which it gave $1,000 a month in cash payments to low-income residents in urban, suburban, and rural areas of the United States.

The study, funded in part by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, was driven by Altman’s belief that recurring basic-income payments might be necessary for an age when AI could make many jobs obsolete.

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