It's been popular because they realize that the consequences of the technological developments that they pursue are that lots of people are going to be put out of stable work... There's clearly a business incentive to remove those employees and replace them with technology that doesn't cost them salaries.
Many of the people developing AI think a basic income system could help mitigate the tech's negative impact on workers. Figures such as Musk have backed the concept since at least 2016.
In an interview at the VivaTech conference in Paris in May, Elon Musk said the 'benign scenario' of AI development would leave everyone jobless - but with 'universal high income.'
Geoffrey Hinton, one of the tech's 'AI godfathers', recently expressed concerns about the impact of AI development on employment, emphasizing the need for governance and policies.
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