- Google DeepMind is looking to hire an economist to explore how advanced AI may impact the economy.
- The economist will research the long-term effects of AI on "scarcity, wealth, and distribution."
- CEO Demis Hassabis has called for an institute of experts to govern artificial general intelligence.
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Demis Hassabis has spoken a lot about AI's impact on large economic systems. The Google DeepMind CEO said in August that reaching AGI could usher in an era of "radical abundance," but has warned that it could be harmful to society if not handled correctly.
"One of the big things economists should be thinking about is, what does that do to money, the capitalist system, even the notion of companies?" he said at Davos in January, speaking about AGI. "I think probably all that changes." ...
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