Hundreds of economists say 'we must act now' on AI’s economic impact and job displacement risks
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Hundreds of economists urge immediate action to address AI's potential impact on the economy. In an open letter released Monday, they warn that AI could transform the economy and displace many jobs.

The open letter has so far been signed by more than 200 economists and AI researchers, including 16 winners of a Nobel Prize.

  • dustycups@aussie.zoneEnglish
    3·
    11 hours ago

    “Our new technology is so powerful that it needs government regulation to stop it taking all your jobs”

    Translation: “We have massively overinvested and need bailing out”

  • MalReynolds@slrpnk.netEnglish
    6·
    15 hours ago

    Narrator: We didn’t.

    Just like every other fucking atrocity that harms the many if it gets in the way of the profit of the few.