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Nobel Laureate Howitt: "AI Tax Too Radical... Universal Basic Income Premature"
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Nobel Laureate Howitt: "AI Tax Too Radical... Universal Basic Income Premature"

Peter Howitt, Professor Emeritus at Brown University, stated that introducing an 'AI tax' on economic benefits generated by artificial intelligence is "too radical," and that a universal basic income is premature.

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Nobel laureate Peter Howitt, professor emeritus at Brown University, stated that the 'AI basic income' debated in Korea is premature. He also compared AI to transformative technologies like electricity, automobiles, and personal computers, emphasizing the need to be wary of regulations that hinder AI innovation.

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