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What happened
A top political candidate in South Korea named Kim Yong-beom is campaigning on a plan to take a portion of the enormous profits AI companies make and distribute that money directly to ordinary citizens as a regular payment — something like a national dividend.
Why it matters
The context behind the story.
As AI automates more jobs and generates enormous wealth for a small number of companies, more politicians worldwide are asking: who actually benefits? This proposal is one of the first serious mainstream political answers — take some of the AI windfall and share it with everyone. Whether it works or not, expect to hear this idea in more elections.
Takeaway
AI is making some people very rich, very fast. One country's answer: everyone gets a cut. This idea is coming to more places than just South Korea.
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