That why it's Basic. No one will stop you from working to get income beyond basic.

Not working because anything you can do automation can do better for cheaper, will get you basic income and basic decent living conditions.

>will get you basic income and basic decent living conditions.

yes which for most of the people on this site would probably be a big decrease in living standards and also have possible debts etc. that cannot be paid off by UBI because people thought I am programmer, programmers get paid good. So in short if you lose your job because automation does it better, even if you get UBI you are probably screwed.

Why would your living standards decrease? You are still valuable to companies, get a decent salary?

And if the living standards of a minor fraction of very well off people decrease and the living standard of many people increase, is that so bad?

Hypothetically, when someone is going from from say 100k to 90k salary per year and another from 0 to 10k of UBI, what has a bigger impact on someone's well-being do you estimate?

Of course it'll never be this clear cut, but for the sake of argument.

People in third world countries have much worse living standards than you or I. I myself have had ancestors that could only afford meat every fourteen days. The only vehicle was a borrowed bicycle. People in Africa can survive off of one dollar per day, only fifty percent more than the forthcoming paid ChatGPT prescription.

If the State provides financial assistance (Housing! Medical Care!) I think most people could survive.