A new bill would tax AI tokens to fund jobs if the technology causes mass unemployment
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一项由雅各布斯、格雷格·卡萨尔和瓦莱丽·福希等众议员提出的新法案，旨在对主要人工智能公司征收消费税，以在人工智能技术导致大规模失业时为创造就业机会提供资金。该法案提议对AI代币的价值或AI服务及相关公司交易的收入征税，以较高者为准。当失业率低于或等于5%时，初始税率分别为2%和3%，并随失业率上升而增加。这些资金将用于支持住房建设、基础设施以及儿童和老年护理等领域的就业。
If with AI comes unemployment, this group of lawmakers wants AI companies to foot the tax bill. A new House proposal would impose an excise tax on major AI companies and automatically raise the rate if unemployment climbs, funneling the money into creating jobs in areas from housing construction and infrastructure to child and elder care.
“If Congress does nothing, the rise of AI could create the biggest wealth transfer in history from the bottom to the top,” said Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-Calif.) in a joint press release of the bill. “If AI profits off human work, workers deserve job security and a share of those profits.”
Introduced by Jacobs along with representatives Greg Casar (D-Texas) and Valerie Foushee (D-N.C.) earlier this month, the bill proposes a bifurcated taxation: either tax the value of the tokens—the small data units AI models use to interpret information—or tax revenue from AI services and certain transactions with affiliated companies, whichever yields the higher sum. The rates would start at 2% and 3% respectively when unemployment is 5% or less, and rise as unemployment increases.
The bill is the most recent attempt in a concerted effort from Congress to combat potential job displacement as a result of AI.
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