Bloomberg
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called on governments to tax AI companies to fund a universal basic income and introduce employee retention incentives to account for the potential impact the technology could have on the labor market.
In a five-point blog post covering the potential policy responses to the “AI exponential,” referring to the rapid improvement in the technology’s capabilities, Amodei urged governments to develop regulatory and tax solutions to cushion its disruption.
A universal basic income funded through taxing “relevant companies” or raising the capital gains tax could be necessary, if AI results in widespread job displacement and permanently reduces labor demand, he said.
“Broadly speaking, fast economic growth should create the tax base for shared prosperity,” wrote Amodei.
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