The turbulent AI era is here(gatesnotes.com)
350 points by LVB 15 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