Cats are bastards, you may always have to give a good reward. Not necessarily food, but something. The key to long term training, for cats or humans, is to repeat often, and then gradually lengthen. Don't teach daily for a month and then wait 3 months. Train daily, then weekly, then monthly, etc.
Ubi should never be about owning anything. It should be about providing housing, food, healthcare, clothes, and nothing more. It should be for all citizens, including children. This way you can have a family. But if you want a tv, phone, car, you're going to have to work. Since people are living to their 70s plus, lounging around isn't a big deal. I think you'll find people become very creative too, or focus on high level education.
More enjoyable was when my daughter started being funny back. For ages I did this thing where I'd pretend to eat an arm or belly and say "I'm gonna eat you" and my daughter would laugh and laugh. Then one day she's really going at my arm and I'm like what are you doing?? She said "I'm going to eat you!!" And all I could think was my how the tables have turned. This was like 2 or 3 years of age, though I'd been chomping on arms since she could smile.
Cars won't be dangerous once they are all automated. Once cars are automated, my guess it'll take years, rather than decades, for regular driving to be outlawed.
Having worked in government, at least half of everybody I've met would be considered too incompetent for the job, if it were a normal company. So yes, it would be easy for me to believe that government workers would be laughed at in silicon valley.