Andrew Yang on the path to UBI, the explosion of AI, and optimism for the future

Carly Reilly sat down with Andrew at the 2024 Hudson Valley Ideas Festival for a wide-ranging conversation on Universal Basic Income and alleviating poverty, political reform, and AI. How did an Onion article inspire his efforts to push for UBI? Did COVID stimulus checks really cause inflation? What did Andrew get wrong on AI, if anything? And at heart, is Andrew an optimist or a pessimist?

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