With the recent adoption of large language models (like the one powering ChatGPT), there is much hope and hype about what AI could do for productivity and economic growth in the future.
The proliferation of megathreats each an element in the broader polycrisis confirms that our politics are too dysfunctional, and our policies too misguided, to address even the most serious and obvious risks to our future.
Moreover, the same brave new AI technologies that could contribute to growth and human welfare also have great destructive potential. They are already being used to push disinformation, deepfakes, and election manipulation.
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