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Cenk Uygur

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2844 total appearances

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The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
EMERGENCY DEBATE: The Economy Is About To Collapse! The 2026 AI Crisis Nobody Sees Coming

I'm less concerned about that, a lot less concerned.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
EMERGENCY DEBATE: The Economy Is About To Collapse! The 2026 AI Crisis Nobody Sees Coming

But I am concerned about some level of death with AI, and that has already begun to happen.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
EMERGENCY DEBATE: The Economy Is About To Collapse! The 2026 AI Crisis Nobody Sees Coming

There are reports that we use AI in targeting that girls' school in Tehran where we killed over 160 kids.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
EMERGENCY DEBATE: The Economy Is About To Collapse! The 2026 AI Crisis Nobody Sees Coming

innocent schoolgirls.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
EMERGENCY DEBATE: The Economy Is About To Collapse! The 2026 AI Crisis Nobody Sees Coming

So if that's what AI is going to bring us in precision, as Kevin called it, no, thank you.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
EMERGENCY DEBATE: The Economy Is About To Collapse! The 2026 AI Crisis Nobody Sees Coming

I'm not interested in that kind of non-precision.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
EMERGENCY DEBATE: The Economy Is About To Collapse! The 2026 AI Crisis Nobody Sees Coming

And I would much rather have human beings involved in life and death decisions.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
EMERGENCY DEBATE: The Economy Is About To Collapse! The 2026 AI Crisis Nobody Sees Coming

And I'm super worried that AI is going to be used more in the military.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
EMERGENCY DEBATE: The Economy Is About To Collapse! The 2026 AI Crisis Nobody Sees Coming

And no, I do not trust Palantir.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
EMERGENCY DEBATE: The Economy Is About To Collapse! The 2026 AI Crisis Nobody Sees Coming

So now in terms of universal basic income, I mean, think about it, guys.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
EMERGENCY DEBATE: The Economy Is About To Collapse! The 2026 AI Crisis Nobody Sees Coming

If a coder is making $120,000, you know, I don't know where that puts him in two years in, seven years in.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
EMERGENCY DEBATE: The Economy Is About To Collapse! The 2026 AI Crisis Nobody Sees Coming

It's a healthy salary.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
EMERGENCY DEBATE: The Economy Is About To Collapse! The 2026 AI Crisis Nobody Sees Coming

It's not the world's greatest salary, but it's a good, good salary for a middle class person in America.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
EMERGENCY DEBATE: The Economy Is About To Collapse! The 2026 AI Crisis Nobody Sees Coming

Then you switch to UBI, you'd be lucky to get $3,000 a month.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
EMERGENCY DEBATE: The Economy Is About To Collapse! The 2026 AI Crisis Nobody Sees Coming

That's $36,000 a year.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
EMERGENCY DEBATE: The Economy Is About To Collapse! The 2026 AI Crisis Nobody Sees Coming

you're going to go from $120,000 to $36,000?

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
EMERGENCY DEBATE: The Economy Is About To Collapse! The 2026 AI Crisis Nobody Sees Coming

That is going to be devastating, even if you magically got universal basic income passed in America immediately as the wave of unemployment hit.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
EMERGENCY DEBATE: The Economy Is About To Collapse! The 2026 AI Crisis Nobody Sees Coming

But I don't think that's going to happen either.

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
EMERGENCY DEBATE: The Economy Is About To Collapse! The 2026 AI Crisis Nobody Sees Coming

So is the wave of unemployment going to hit?

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
EMERGENCY DEBATE: The Economy Is About To Collapse! The 2026 AI Crisis Nobody Sees Coming

Well, if you notice, Kevin actually didn't address that at all, because there's no question that it's going to happen.