Universal basic AI (UBI for AI/compute) will be required — money must come from being human, not banks
Predictor: Emad Mostaque · ep#238 "Meta Buys Moltbook, GPT 5.4, and Fruitfly Brain Upload | Moonshots Live at The Abundance Summit 238" · source
Prediction text
Universal basic AI (UBI for AI/compute) will be required — money must come from being human, not banks | Everyone ultimately needs to have universal basic AI or claws or whatever that allows us to reach everyone. Everyone needs an AI that grows with them. And then money needs to come not from banks but for being human.
Watch events: ARC-AGI-2 scores; Frontier Math Tier 4 benchmark; SWE-bench Verified; Humanity's Last Exam
Verbatim quote
Everyone ultimately needs to have universal basic AI or claws or whatever that allows us to reach everyone. Everyone needs an AI that grows with them. And then money needs to come not from banks but for being human.
Predictor: Emad Mostaque
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Probability over time
Milestone chain
- 2026-12-31pendingSam Altman / OpenAI publicly proposes Universal Basic Compute (UBC) policy frameworkHow: OpenAI executive (Altman or Kwon) publishes white paper, Senate testimony, or formal policy memo specifying eligibility, allocation size, and funding mechanism for per-citizen compute creditsSource: Altman Atlantic interview + OpenAI Public Wealth Fund white paperconf 60%
- 2027-01-01 → 2030-12-31pendingFirst national or sub-national AI compute / dividend pilot enactedHow: OECD government (national or US state) enacts legislation funding per-resident AI compute allowance, AI dividend, or sovereign-AI public benefit covering >=100,000 people for >=12 monthsSource: OpenResearch UBI study 2024 momentum + Altman UBC pivotconf 40%
- 2028-01-01 → 2032-12-31pendingTax-and-distribute proposal targeting AI/compute economic rents reaches active legislative debateHow: Congressional or G7 parliamentary hearing or markup on bill imposing AI-specific tax (compute tax, model-use tax, or AI corporate surcharge) earmarked for citizen distribution; CBO or equivalent scoring publishedSource: Altman 'tax capital not labor' framework + accelerating displacement metricsconf 45%
- 2030-01-01 → 2035-12-31pendingFirst G7 country implements national AI dividend or UBC at scaleHow: G7 government enacts and operationalizes recurring per-citizen payment or compute credit funded primarily from AI-sector taxation, covering >=50% of population for >=24 monthsSource: Anthropic/OpenAI 50% white-collar disruption forecasts + pilot momentumconf 25%
- 2033-01-01 → 2038-12-31pendingOECD-wide AI-displacement-driven income support reaches 100M+ recipientsHow: Aggregated OECD social-policy data shows AI-displacement-tied income support (UBI, UBC, wage insurance) covering >=100,000,000 individuals across member statesSource: Cumulative effect once Phase 1-3 milestones fireconf 20%
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Evidence chain
Network propagation neighbors
Top incoming (parents)
Edges that influence THIS node's belief
| Kind | Node | Their prob | P(c|s=T) | P(c|s=F) | Δ implied |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| prereq | 242_057 Artemis 2 launches April 1, 2026 - circumlunar mission — Peter Diamandis | 56.2% | 0.500 | 0.050 | -0.119 |
| prereq | S_ASI_SLOW_2040PLUS ASI slow: post-2040 / soft takeoff | 60.0% | 0.500 | 0.050 | -0.095 |
| killer | TK03 AI Regulatory Moratorium (EU/US Capability Freeze) | 10.0% | 0.050 | 0.500 | +0.040 |
| prereq | 235_038 David Sinclair begins partial epigenetic reprogramming trial — Peter Diamandis | 74.0% | 0.500 | 0.050 | -0.035 |
| killer | TK02 AI Compute Supply Shock (TSMC/Taiwan Disruption) | 12.0% | 0.050 | 0.500 | +0.031 |
Top outgoing (children)
Predictions THIS node influences
| Kind | Node | Their prob | P(c|s=T) | P(c|s=F) | Δ implied |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| prereq | 235_030 Ray Kurzweil predicts Longevity Escape Velocity (LEV) by 203 — Ray Kurzweil | 39.2% | 0.750 | 0.050 | -0.058 |
| prereq | 239_009 People will be on Mars within 10 years — Elon Musk | 30.9% | 0.550 | 0.050 | -0.056 |
| prereq | 232_047 Mass drivers on the moon will shoot AI satellites into deep — Elon Musk | 30.0% | 0.550 | 0.050 | -0.047 |
| prereq | 239_008 Moon base will exist in 10 years — Elon Musk | 28.8% | 0.550 | 0.050 | -0.035 |
| prereq | SEM_034 True artificial general intelligence will be achieved betwee — Demis Hassabis | 28.7% | 0.550 | 0.050 | -0.034 |
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Beneficiaries (14)
Adverse (7)
Prerequisites (7)
| Type | Pred | Title | Domain | Lag |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| prereq | 235_038 | David Sinclair begins partial epigenetic reprogramming trials with Life Biosciences in March 2026. | Biotech/Longevity | — |
| prereq | 238_009 | Recursive self-improvement is already happening now (no longer three years out) | AI | — |
| prereq | 242_057 | Artemis 2 launches April 1, 2026 - circumlunar mission | Space | — |
| prereq | S_ASI_SLOW_2040PLUS | ASI slow: post-2040 / soft takeoff | asi_recursive_self_improvement | — |
| killer | TK01 | AGI Capability Plateau (2026-27 Training Stall) | — | — |
| killer | TK02 | AI Compute Supply Shock (TSMC/Taiwan Disruption) | — | — |
| killer | TK03 | AI Regulatory Moratorium (EU/US Capability Freeze) | — | — |
Dependents (5)
| Type | Pred | Title | Domain | Lag |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| prereq | 235_030 | Ray Kurzweil predicts Longevity Escape Velocity (LEV) by 2033. | Biotech/Longevity | — |
| prereq | SEM_034 | True artificial general intelligence will be achieved between 2032 and 2042 — 'first we solve AI, then use AI to solve everything else'. | AI/AGI | — |
| prereq | 239_008 | Moon base will exist in 10 years | Space | — |
| prereq | 239_009 | People will be on Mars within 10 years | Space | — |
| prereq | 232_047 | Mass drivers on the moon will shoot AI satellites into deep space; self-sustaining lunar city will follow. | Space | — |
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