AI Will Transform the Global Economy. Let's Make Sure It Benefits Humanity

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Post by mindracer » Mon, Jan 15, 2024, 6:03 AM UTC

AI Will Transform the Global Economy. Let's Make Sure It Benefits Humanity
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Post by UberFly » Mon, Jan 15, 2024, 9:53 AM UTC

AI will benefit the few that are agile enough to implement it. The rest of us will get what we get and like it. Pretty much the same as always.

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Post by weekay » Mon, Jan 15, 2024, 10:04 AM UTC

The risk of exposure in emerging and low market economies is significantly lesser than advanced economies according to this report . The nature of work in advanced economies by comparison then is going to significantly change. If 60% of jobs in advanced economies are at risk am surprised with statements from these countries that they are well equipped and ahead of the curve to deal with it . Is anyone seeing anything tangible being proposed and planned to deal with apart from educating people to use this technology? Or is this all a prelude to another AI winter I wonder as we start to make these forecasts and raise expectations

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Post by paganel » Mon, Jan 15, 2024, 10:07 AM UTC

This coming from the IMF blog (?!), i.e. the head of a vile institution like the IMF writing about a bubble-y subject like AI while everyone else is economically and socially struggling, is the next level of late-stage capitalism. These guys and ladies are losing it, they're losing all contact to the reality on the ground.

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Post by mmkos » Mon, Jan 15, 2024, 10:11 AM UTC

Cynical view: without new regulation in the area of AI, it will reduce the value of labor in many domains and completely eliminate the need for it in many others. Profits will go to companies like OpenAI, unemployment will rise and people will be left to fend for themselves, and it's exactly what's going to happen.

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Post by Kichererbsen » Mon, Jan 15, 2024, 10:22 AM UTC

mmkos wrote: post #5

Cynical view: without new regulation in the area of AI, it will reduce the value of labor in many domains and completely eliminate the need for it in many others. Profits will go to companies like OpenAI, unemployment will rise and people will be left to fend for themselves, and it's exactly what's going to happen.

optimistic (slightly distopian) view: governments will step in and build national artificial intelligence machines. OpenAI will be competing with open source LLMs. we'll all re-create society structured around a priesthood / ceremonial worship of a big ai that symbolizes how great your "tribe" is and compete with the followers of the other gods.

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Post by Flopoto » Mon, Jan 15, 2024, 10:23 AM UTC

Biggest thing will be ai based robots.

They are coming and I have seen more impressive demos the last few weeks.

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Post by adzm » Mon, Jan 15, 2024, 10:31 AM UTC

Kichererbsen wrote: post #6

mmkos wrote: post #5

Cynical view: without new regulation in the area of AI, it will reduce the value of labor in many domains and completely eliminate the need for it in many others. Profits will go to companies like OpenAI, unemployment will rise and people will be left to fend for themselves, and it's exactly what's going to happen.

optimistic (slightly distopian) view: governments will step in and build national artificial intelligence machines. OpenAI will be competing with open source LLMs. we'll all re-create society structured around a priesthood / ceremonial worship of a big ai that symbolizes how great your "tribe" is and compete with the followers of the other gods.

we are humans, we need something to worship

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Post by ycdxvjp » Mon, Jan 15, 2024, 10:32 AM UTC

Well IMF just keep tabs on the AI billionaire/millionaire underling production rate every quarter. If it's going up then AI is definitely doing something dumb and unnecessary. To fix track them down and ship them off to China's jack ma center of reeducation. And humanity will be just fine.

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Post by hardlianotion » Mon, Jan 15, 2024, 10:32 AM UTC

Kichererbsen wrote: post #6

mmkos wrote: post #5

Cynical view: without new regulation in the area of AI, it will reduce the value of labor in many domains and completely eliminate the need for it in many others. Profits will go to companies like OpenAI, unemployment will rise and people will be left to fend for themselves, and it's exactly what's going to happen.

optimistic (slightly distopian) view: governments will step in and build national artificial intelligence machines. OpenAI will be competing with open source LLMs. we'll all re-create society structured around a priesthood / ceremonial worship of a big ai that symbolizes how great your "tribe" is and compete with the followers of the other gods.

Well that made the cynical view above look a little more appealing.