Brian Albrecht Referenced in Hoover Institution Article on Universal Basic Income
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The Hoover Institution referenced Brian Albrecht, ICLE Chief Economist, in a piece examining the costs and trade-offs of universal basic income proposals. The article directed readers to Albrecht’s May 7 Substack post, “You Are Not a Horse,” as a source of substantive reasoning on whether AI will displace workers at scale.
Read the full piece here.
Of course, I could be wrong. AI could replace workers so effectively that the number of jobs shrinks. If you want to see extensive reasoning on this, read Brian Albrecht’s excellent May 7 Substack post titled “You are not a horse.” He doesn’t tell you whether AI will replace many jobs, but he gives strong reasons for thinking it won’t.