AI Wonk Has a Plan for People to Get $60,000 a Year With No Work

What if artificial intelligence took your job, and you still took home upwards of $60,000 every year?

That’s the essential promise of an idea gaining traction among AI thinkers who believe the technology’s growth will lead to high productivity and a dramatic decline in work for humans. Universal high income is an elevated twist on universal basic income and has been described by Elon Musk as “the best way” to address AI-related unemployment.

High-income payments may not be rolled out anytime soon, but as AI’s impact on the jobs market starts to take hold, decision-makers are starting to ...