The idea of AI has certainly already transformed the American economy, by becoming its center of gravity—isn’t that what all those economic pundits are saying?
I find Dean Ball annoying because he says arresting stuff like “Most of the thinking and doing in America will soon be done by machines, not people”, but then doesn’t say anything about an America (or a world) that is run by machines (by nonhuman intelligent agents, more specifically), which is the obvious consequence of his scenario. Nonetheless, his essay “Where We Are Headed” sketches a concept of “the AI-enabled firm”, which might correspond to something in the brief period between “AI is economically useful” and “AI takes over”.
The idea of AI has certainly already transformed the American economy, by becoming its center of gravity—isn’t that what all those economic pundits are saying?
I find Dean Ball annoying because he says arresting stuff like “Most of the thinking and doing in America will soon be done by machines, not people”, but then doesn’t say anything about an America (or a world) that is run by machines (by nonhuman intelligent agents, more specifically), which is the obvious consequence of his scenario. Nonetheless, his essay “Where We Are Headed” sketches a concept of “the AI-enabled firm”, which might correspond to something in the brief period between “AI is economically useful” and “AI takes over”.