Over 200 economists and researchers warn of rapid AI economic disruption
The group urges immediate policy planning for massive job shifts.
Here's our statement on AI and the economy. We Must Act Now A Statement on AI’s Transformation of the Economy 1. AI may become radically more powerful over the next 10 years. 2. This could drive an unprecedented transformation of our economy, larger than the Industrial…
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38 postsHappy to join more than 200 economists and AI researchers in signing this statement on the urgency of acting now to understand and prepare for the economic impacts of AI. https://www.wemustactnow.ai/
"must act now to understand" - who could disagree with that? https://twitter.com/erikbryn/status/2076674299549872327
Finally a statement about AI risks that I'm very happy to sign! https://twitter.com/erikbryn/status/2076674736860656083
This seems like a reasonable statement: it seems self-evident that we do not know the impact of AI on work & trying to understand that will be critical to policies to mitigate bad impacts and encourage good ones. Data will be critical to action & we need to start…
Reading the reaction online, as is typical of an open statement, everyone is interpreting this differently and with complex nuance (it is why I don't tend to sign open statements!)
Here's the full text: We Must Act Now A Statement on AI’s Transformation of the Economy 1. AI may become radically more powerful over the next 10 years. 2. This could drive an unprecedented transformation of our economy, larger than the Industrial Revolution, but unfolding…