Sketching the new dysto-utopian world with presence of AI
Sketching the new dysto-utopian world with massive presence of artificial intelligenceA four-class society (a long read)Branko MilanovicJul 20, 20261423132ShareThe massive deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) presents economists with perhaps the unique situation in the past five or six decades. The artificial intelligence is an all-purpose technology and its effects are, from the current perspective, quite difficult or even impossible to predict. If one wonders whether there would be increased unemployment due to the introduction of the AI it makes no sense to talk to labor economists.
- ▪Sketching the new dysto-utopian world with massive presence of artificial intelligenceA four-class society (a long read)Branko MilanovicJul 20, 20261423132ShareThe massive deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) presents economists with
- ▪The artificial intelligence is an all-purpose technology and its effects are, from the current perspective, quite difficult or even impossible to predict.
- ▪If one wonders whether there would be increased unemployment due to the introduction of the AI it makes no sense to talk to labor economists.
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| Canonical URL | https://branko2f7.substack.com/p/sketching-the-new-dysto-utopian-world |
| Publication time | Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:48:36 +0000 |
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Sketching the new dysto-utopian world with massive presence of artificial intelligenceA four-class society (a long read)Branko MilanovicJul 20, 20261423132ShareThe massive deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) presents economists with perhaps the unique situation in the past five or six decades. The artificial intelligence is an all-purpose technology and its effects are, from the current perspective, quite difficult or even impossible to predict. If one wonders whether there would be increased unemployment due to the introduction of the AI it makes no sense to talk to labor economists.
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