AI Must Enlarge the Economy, Not Divide It: 200+ Economists Warn
Exp_Mark · x · 2026-07-31
Project Syndicate publishes an opinion piece noting that over 200 economists and AI researchers, including 16 Nobel laureates, signed a statement warning AI could reshape the global economy on a scale larger than the Industrial Revolution. The article argues AI should augment humans rather than imitate them, and calls for changing incentives.
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