“Shaw Walters on AI and a Universal Basic Income” . This in-depth interview captures Shaw Walters, founder of ElizaOS, as a bold contrarian voice in the AI space, pushing back against the growing consensus that Universal Basic Income (UBI) is inevitable in an AI-driven future. Walters argues that UBI risks entrenching systemic inequality, politicization, and a deepening “crisis of meaning,” asserting instead that individual ownership—especially via crypto—offers a more empowering path forward. The sentiment is positive, with a critical eye toward top-down systems and an emphasis on decentralized, bottom-up solutions as a way to preserve human purpose, economic dignity, and resilience in the age of automation.

“Shaw Walters on AI and a Universal Basic Income” . This in-depth interview captures Shaw Walters, founder of ElizaOS, as a bold contrarian voice in the AI space, pushing back against the growing consensus that Universal Basic Income (UBI) is inevitable in an AI-driven future. Walters argues that UBI risks entrenching systemic inequality, politicization, and a deepening “crisis of meaning,” asserting instead that individual ownership—especially via crypto—offers a more empowering path forward. The sentiment is positive, with a critical eye toward top-down systems and an emphasis on decentralized, bottom-up solutions as a way to preserve human purpose, economic dignity, and resilience in the age of automation.
https://substack.com/home/post/p-165862126

But what if a UBI paid out in ETH, or BTC, or whatever your fav currency is.

I had an idea I started to vibe code but never got anywhere with.
https://github.com/Ruzhyo04/GoerliFaucet
Basically you take donations to a vault. Funds are locked into LP pools. The yield is harvested regularly, converted to ETH (or whatever currency you want), and distributed out to all addresses in a decentralized ID set, like Human Passport.
Would start small, but free money would get people's attention even if it is a small amount. Could snowball into something big.
Or at the very least, it might be a strategy for continuous revenue that others might use. For funding faucets, or self sustaining self executing contracts, or paying DAO members, idk.

worldcoin is communism

jk but seriously, my issue is-- where does the money come from? the liquidity under big airdrops is usually VC funds. cost of implementing $1k per man woman child (andrew yang plan) is $4T/year which is our budget