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“Twenty years is a short period of time to have something like 12-15 percent of the workforce be unemployed [due to autonomous transport and automation] — governments will have to introduce a universal basic income.”

CEO of Tesla and SpaceX

Said Feb 2017Deadline Feb 28, 2037World Government Summit, Dubai, February 2017 (Newsweek)

Deadline is 2037. US unemployment has remained in the 3.5-4.5% range through 2026, far below the 12-15% Musk anticipated, and no universal basic income has been adopted.