Universal income vs. the robots: Meet the presidential candidate fighting automation

Andrew Yang announced he is vying for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination back in February. But how is he going to do that? I got the chance to sit down with him at the Work Awesome conference in New York yesterday to ask him about his stances on trucking automation, AI policy, and his favorite topic, universal basic income (UBI). This article first appeared in Clocking In, our newsletter covering the impact of emerging technology on the future of work. Erin: Why focus on automation and UBI? Andrew: The reason why I'm focused on this issue is I'm convinced it's driving the social, economic, and political dysfunction we are seeing.