The turbulent AI era is here

	The turbulent AI era is here(gatesnotes.com)
	350 points by LVB 60 days ago \| 356 comments
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	HN Discussion: ↑AI will transform sectors limited by human attention, enabling new applications like universal tax auditing ↑AI-driven job displacement requires heavy taxation and UBI to prevent authoritarian outcomes ~Those in power will exploit AI to widen inequality rather than equalize ↓Middle-power nations have incentives to slow AI development, contradicting the inevitability narrative ↓AI's massive energy consumption contradicts claims it will help with climate change