AI’s uneven gains and disruptive costs
Artificial intelligence is an unstoppable force that is reshaping local communities, national economies, labour markets, and international relations. Whatever the potential of the technology, however, its...
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AI’s uneven gains and disruptive costs
Artificial intelligence is an unstoppable force that is reshaping local communities, national economies, labour markets, and international relations. Whatever the potential of the technology, however, its development is accompanied by concerns about AI’s disruptive social and economic impacts. There is no guarantee that the benefits of AI will be evenly shared – or that the social and economic costs will be evenly distributed. On its current trajectory, the benefits could be concentrated among certain countries, sectors, companies, and workers, while others risk missing out on the benefits and suffering disproportionately from the disruptive costs.
CERRE’s Navigating the Revolution: Policy Recommendations for Inclusive AI issue paper examines the literature on how AI could impact labour markets and global inequality. The issue paper explains that, given how rapid and profound its impacts could be, decisions about how AI is developed, what us
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