The next wave of automation will the big one. We must begin preparing for it now. Economist Ed Dolan describes one important part of the policy mix we will desperately need to manage this aspect of the coming new industrial revolution.
A new Industrial Revolution is beginning. With our experience from the earlier ones, we can navigate through it to a prosperous future – without the suffering of previous ones.
We can use the coming waves of automation to build a better world. But we must begin preparing soon.
Summary: Finally the AI revolution and the coming great extinction of jobs has become visible to almost everyone. Only its timing remains unknown. New research shows experts’ forecasts of AI’s growing skills, valuable information that will help us prepare. Let’s use it! “When Will AI Exceed Human Performance? Evidence from AI Experts.” By Katja Grace …
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Summary: Artificial intelligence has arrived. The mid-twentieth century horse apocalypse shows us what it might do to employment. It is history’s rebuttal to the pollyannas about tech. This is a follow-up to yesterday’s post — Films show us how smart machines will reshape the world. “We tend to overestimate the effect of a technology in the short …
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