In a Nov. 4 post on X, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said people should retain control over the future and rejected a role for AI systems in deciding which human behavior merits rewards.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei explored the question in his October 2024 essay, “Machines of Loving Grace.” He considered an economy in which advanced AI becomes so capable and inexpensive that many people can no longer contribute meaningfully, and listed universal basic income alongside a model that ties resource allocation to AI judgments about human behavior.
Amodei presented that arrangement as one possibility, not a formal proposal. He warned that the approaches could lead to exploitation and dystopian outcomes.
Altman had also argued for human control during a Nov. 2 conversation at ADIPEC in Abu Dhabi, as covered in EconoTimes’ earlier report on his remarks.
