AI BriefingWhat Will Remain Scarce in the AGI Era?
Key point
Even as automation accelerates in the AGI era, the 'relational sector,' where human involvement determines value, is expected to remain scarce.
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Google DeepMind's Alex Imas and Epoch's Phil Trammell discuss the economic changes that AGI will bring.
Even as accelerating automation makes many resources abundant, the Relational Sector, where human involvement determines the value of a product, is expected to remain scarce. This refers to the domain where the value of a service or product arises from the very fact that humans are directly involved.
The major economic challenges are as follows:
- Wealth Redistribution: How should the enormous wealth created by AI be taxed and redistributed?
- Mitigating Inequality: Securing benefits for countries excluded from the AI supply chain and preventing the deepening of social inequality.
- Labor and Capital: The impact of automation on labor's income share versus capital's income share.
The discussion also delves into how human workers might be integrated into the Machine Economy, and how developing countries should respond to these changes.
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