Dean Grey Dean Grey, an entry-level software engineer, is participating in a new UBI and upskilling program. Grey said entry-level jobs have evaporated, and hundreds of applications went nowhere. Grey said the mentorship and the $1,000 monthly stipend renewed his sense of hope and structure. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Dean Grey, a participant in a program by AI Commons that aims to upskill and retrain workers who have been displaced by AI alongside a monthly stipend.