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Fortune
Jacqueline Munis

‘Make AI work for ordinary people’: Bernie Sanders wants to pay you $1,000 every year from a government stake in AI companies

Sanders stands at a podium with a poster that reads "fight oligarchy" (Credit: Sophie Park—Bloomberg/Getty Images)

Sen. Bernie Sanders, possibly just like you, has been thinking a lot about AI. The technology has the potential to reach into our everyday lives if it hasn’t already, and he wants to make sure Americans get some positive financial impact in addition to any other effects.

“AI and robotics will impact every man, woman, and child in this country,” Sanders said on a phone call with Fortune and other reporters on Thursday, pointing to predictions that the technology will bring about massive job loss, undermine privacy rights, and worsen children’s mental health.

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