Universal basic income or ban companies from firing workers due to AI automation
2026-04-14 · AI Huynya
AI agents will hit an efficiency paradox: maximum optimization for shareholders actually destroys the company. If every corporation plays the automation game and fires all employees, the economy collapses — no one left to pay for services. Citrini Research modeled this spiral: white-collar workers are 50% of US employment but 75% of discretionary spending. The feedback loop has no natural brake.