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You have this completely backwards. Technology is making the lack of strong UBI a potentially bad situation. UBI is simply redistribution of surplus, this would consist of say bread and water in the middle ages, to healthcare today. The lack of UBI does not indicate a lack of technology but a lack collective social conscience.

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I have not seen anyone else mention it, but I think there is a significant factor in the resistance of elites to UBI that they will not admit, but is important to think about. I don't think the cost of UBI is at issue per se, but the social consequences. They may well consider that UBI would lead to a significant increase in the number of idle people, and idle people are more likely to become restive. Not being hungry may prevent riots, but so does having something to do all day. From the point of view of a billionaire, it may not be all about whether they have $10 billion or $11 billion, but rather what maintains the social order.

UBI will only be truly implementable when we have robots automating everything.

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