The bigwigs like Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg are working on AI - they also openly discuss a standard wage for everyone. Basically a free handout for the people.

The reason behind this is of course that they see the future impact AI robotics will have - people will be out of jobs and have no money! They are the establishment and don't want unruly sheeple ruining things for them - hence the basic universal income for everyone to keep us peasants happy.