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Will AI cause utopia or disaster? | The Economist

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Will AI cause utopia or disaster? | The Economist

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Alex Hern examines competing forecasts for AI’s effects, from Sam Altman’s optimism and Demis Hassabis’s hope for medical breakthroughs to Dario Amodei’s stated concern about catastrophic outcomes. The video also weighs fears of white-collar job losses against rising US employment data, and discusses recursive self-improvement and tax-system changes.

Discuss: How should evidence of rising US white-collar employment affect fears that AI will cause a jobs apocalypse?

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