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"Worrying about AI today is like worrying about overpopulation on Mars."

Concerns that AI could pose a threat to humanity is "preposterously ridiculous."

Claiming AI poses an existential threat is "such an extreme" and risks "wip[ing] out some of its potential benefits."

"I'm more concerned about... the risks that are here and now [than the existential threat of AI]."

Current AI is "not anywhere close" to posing an existential threat but it could in the future.

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AI is an "amplifier of human intelligence" and will help the economy thrive.

AI will enable "universal high income" in place of "universal basic income."

"AI may become the heart of future economic growth in the coming decades."

AI harms could include "disrupting economies."

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"AI and technological unemployment" are the "biggest problem we face" from an "economic point of view."

"The moment superintelligent AI emerges, the human economy will end."

Will AI Bring Economic Risks?

More than 200 economists and AI researchers, including 16 Nobel laureates and executives from Anthropic, Google and OpenAI, released a joint statement Monday titled "We Must Act Now" urging policymakers to prepare for AI's potential economic disruption.

More than 200 economists and AI researchers, including 16 Nobel laureates and executives from Anthropic, Google and OpenAI, released a joint statement Monday titled "We Must Act Now" urging policymakers to prepare for AI's potential economic disruption.

The four-sentence letter, organized by Stanford University's Digital Economy Lab, warns that AI could drive a transformation "larger than the Industrial Revolution, but unfolding over a vastly shorter time frame," with risks including large-scale job displacement.

The four-sentence letter, organized by Stanford University's Digital Economy Lab, warns that AI could drive a transformation "larger than the Industrial Revolution, but unfolding over a vastly shorter time frame," with risks including large-scale job displacement.

Signatories include former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark, OpenAI finance chief Sarah Friar and Nobel laureates Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and Joseph Stiglitz.

Signatories include former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark, OpenAI finance chief Sarah Friar and Nobel laureates Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and Joseph Stiglitz.

The statement was organized by economists Erik Brynjolfsson and Ajay Agrawal of Stanford, Anton Korinek of the University of Virginia and Tom Cunningham, a researcher at nonprofit METR.

The statement was organized by economists Erik Brynjolfsson and Ajay Agrawal of Stanford, Anton Korinek of the University of Virginia and Tom Cunningham, a researcher at nonprofit METR.

The letter calls on economists, policymakers and technology leaders to deepen research on AI's economic impacts and build policies to ensure the technology complements human capabilities, though it does not include specific policy recommendations.

The letter calls on economists, policymakers and technology leaders to deepen research on AI's economic impacts and build policies to ensure the technology complements human capabilities, though it does not include specific policy recommendations.

While the letter warns of potential job displacement, some analysts note that AI's productivity impact has yet to appear broadly in economic data, and that competing measurement frameworks produce conflicting results on which jobs face the greatest risk.

While the letter warns of potential job displacement, some analysts note that AI's productivity impact has yet to appear broadly in economic data, and that competing measurement frameworks produce conflicting results on which jobs face the greatest risk.

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