New Scientist in 1969: "Full automation could already sweep away most manual and clerical jobs, and as work becomes scarcer wages will become divorced from the job done.' At the heart of Nixon’s address was a proposal by … Milton Friedman" much like UBI.https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24332440-200-how-the-us-almost-introduced-a-universal-basic-income-50-years-ago/ …
IMHO, the reason why we've seen stagnant real wages in this country is competition from Asia, not automation. Automation is not possible in most manufactured goods. Most people see shuttered factories and robots, but not the jobs sent overseas.