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Will AI Bring Economic Risks?

Elon Musk
Yoshua Bengio
Melanie Mitchell
Stuart Russell
Sam Altman
Yann LeCun
Jaan Tallinn
Tristan Harris
Marc Andreessen
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Jaan Tallinn
Jaan Tallinn"The moment superintelligent AI emerges, the human economy will end."Oct 22, 2018
Yoshua Bengio
Yoshua Bengio"AI may become the heart of future economic growth in the coming decades."Aug 24, 2023
Melanie Mitchell
Melanie MitchellAI harms could include "disrupting economies."Jul 03, 2023
Yann LeCun
Yann LeCunAI is an "amplifier of human intelligence" and will help the economy thrive.Feb 05, 2024
Sam Altman
Sam AltmanAI will make the world "way wealthier" and lead to a "productivity boom."Jun 09, 2023
Sam Altman
Sam AltmanAGI risks "break[ing] capitalism."Feb 03, 2023
Sam Altman
Sam AltmanAI is going to be the "greatest force for economic empowerment."May 28, 2023
Yann LeCun
Yann LeCun"The benefits of open-source AI platforms in terms of progress, safety, economic development, and cultural diversity are overwhelming."Nov 08, 2023
Sam Altman
Sam Altman"People will be supercharged by AI," with "massive economic implications."Jul 24, 2023
Cédric O
Cédric OAI has the "potential to cause widespread socioeconomic disruption."May 15, 2023
Marc Andreessen
Marc Andreessen"AI may cause the most dramatic and sustained economic boom of all time."Feb 05, 2024
Stuart Russell
Stuart Russell"AI and technological unemployment" are the "biggest problem we face" from an "economic point of view."Jun 15, 2022
Elon Musk
Elon MuskAI will enable "universal high income" in place of "universal basic income."Nov 03, 2023
Tristan Harris
Tristan HarrisAI could "disrupt job markets."Jun 07, 2023
Andrew Ng
Andrew Ng"AI is the new electricity."Mar 15, 2019
Demis Hassabis
Demis Hassabis"[AI] has the potential to drive one of the greatest social, economic and scientific transformations in history."May 30, 2023
Rishi Sunak
Rishi Sunak"AI has the potential to be transformational and grow the economy."May 25, 2023
Elon Musk
Elon MuskIf an AI bot like Tesla's Optimus could handle manual labor, "an economy becomes quasi-infinite."Oct 01, 2022
Max Tegmark
Max TegmarkWithout regulation, the "reckless and unchecked development" of AI "puts our economy, our society, and our lives at risk."Oct 26, 2023
Rishi Sunak
Rishi Sunak"AI will bring new knowledge, new opportunities for economic growth."Oct 26, 2023


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