Although Gates didn't explicitly tie his robot tax proposal to universal basic income (UBI), the idea has often been linked to his vision. During a 2017 Reddit AMA, Gates acknowledged that the U.S ...

A robot tax could conceivably fund that vision. One would think that such an imposing business burden might chafe at the worldview of some of those techno-libertarians, however. Musk might talk a ...

As AI eliminates job opportunities, a growing number of individuals will face severe job insecurity, leading to a decline in federal revenue. Radical action is needed now.

Bill Gates views taxes as a tool to guide employers towards hiring humans, not robots. Microsoft founder Bill Gates foresees that a special tax on robots will be introduced in the near future to ...