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(The Center Square) – Like many municipalities, the city of Alameda, California, found itself flush with revenues and had a record $212.86 million in 2023, according to city documents, a
Sophia the Robot creator Dr. Ben Goertzel gamed out the potential for political and economic disruption once artificial general intelligence fully becomes reality.
They didn't quite win the lottery, but thousands of low-income Americans are receiving regular payouts from the government as part of a sweeping social experiment aimed at answering the question: What would happen if you addressed poverty by sweeping aside the programs, regulations, the means-testing and the oversight and just gave people unconditional cash?
Initial pilots are very promising, but more work needs to be done.
The application is open for eligible residents now through Jan. 17, 2023. Soon, 250 single-parent families living in the 90813 ZIP code will receive $500 monthly payments for a year.