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What is one potential negative outcome of excessive automation on social welfare?

  • Rise in productivity across all sectors
  • Increase in overall employment rates
  • Improvement in labor's share of income
  • Reduction in the average wage (correct)

Which factor contributes to the decline in labor demand growth over the last three decades?

  • Significant advancements in non-automated tasks
  • High productivity growth coupled with low labor employment
  • Increase in labor share in the economy
  • Combination of low productivity growth and low reinstatement effect (correct)

How might the business strategies of leading firms influence the use of automation technology?

  • Encouraging innovation in non-automated sectors
  • Favoring cost-cutting that leads to excessive automation (correct)
  • Restricting the implementation of AI in production
  • Promoting labor-intensive job creation

What hypothesis suggests that technology may always have a beneficial impact on labor?

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What aspect of taxation may disproportionately favor automation over labor?

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What describes the displacement effect of automation?

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What is the primary role of the man in the factory of the future described by Warren Bennis?

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How has the labor share changed in the USA since the 2000s?

<p>It has constantly decreased with automation. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a potential economic consequence of the substitution effect in automation?

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What does the reinstatement effect aim to achieve in response to automation?

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Wage polarization, in the context of automation, typically leads to:

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What is a significant ethical implication of increasing automation and AI in employment?

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Which factor does NOT contribute to changes in the labor share according to the content discussed?

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What is a likely effect of automation on employment as discussed in the content?

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How does wage polarization affect the distribution of wealth?

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What ethical concern is highlighted by the use of low-paid workers in AI development?

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Which factor contributes to wage disparities as highlighted in the content?

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According to the content, what is one result of automation on job roles?

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What economic impact is likely caused by wage polarization?

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What does the statement by Adam Smith imply about labor and automation?

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How does automation potentially impact job creation and destruction?

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What is the primary assertion of the Dartmouth Proposal regarding machines and intelligence?

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According to Asimov's laws, what is the highest priority that a robot must adhere to?

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What concept emphasizes the relationship between technology and society in the development of AI?

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Which aspect of AI development is highlighted as essential to align with human values?

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Which of the following best represents a common misunderstanding regarding technology's influence on society?

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Which definition best captures the concept of artificial intelligence as described?

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What aspect of autonomy in AI refers to systems that can independently define their values?

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According to Geoffrey Hinton, what is the primary use of deep learning?

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What characterizes autonomous predictive artificial systems?

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Which level of autonomy involves the ability to respond to different situations based on defined rules?

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Which of the following statements about AI's relationship with prediction is correct?

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What does the term 'theory of mind' refer to in the context of autonomy in AI systems?

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What is a main characteristic of a General Purpose Technology (GPT)?

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How does the substitution effect relate to the adoption of new technologies?

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Which effect of GPTs increases the value of complementary resources?

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What historical impact can GPTs have according to the content discussed?

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What is a significant outcome of the reduction in prediction costs due to AI as a GPT?

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Which of the following is an example of a General Purpose Technology?

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What role does the adoption of GPTs play in economic growth?

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What does the concept of complementarity in relation to GPT imply?

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What is highlighted as a key issue in the adoption of new technologies and their impacts?

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What does the polarization of wages imply within the context of automation?

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According to Adam Smith's perspective, what is a likely effect of improved machinery on labor?

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What is a potential consequence of automation on job creation and destruction?

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What two factors are suggested to contribute to increasing disparity in wages?

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How do advancements in automation typically affect low-paid workers according to the content?

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What is the significance of the median of annual gains in the context of job loss and gain?

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What common misconception about job growth and automation could lead to a misunderstanding of its effects?

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In the discussion of wages, how do socioeconomic factors intertwine with technology's impact on labor?

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What could be a potential ethical concern surrounding the employment of low-paid workers in AI development?

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Flashcards

Productivity Effect of Automation

Automation technology increases productivity and creates demand for workers in non-automated tasks.

Deceleration of Labor Demand

The slowing of job growth due to weak productivity gains and a limited impact of new jobs.

Automation's Impact on Labor Share

Automation can decrease the portion of overall earnings attributed to workers.

Excessive Automation

Automation that is overly focused on cost reduction, which could negatively impact overall well-being.

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AI Automation's Potential Effects

AI automation, like other automation, could potentially lower wages, employment, and social well-being depending on its productivity and its impact on society.

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AI and Employment

The impact of artificial intelligence on jobs and the workforce, including potential job displacement, creation of new roles, and income inequality.

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Dog and Man Parable

A parable illustrating potential future of work whereby AI automation reduces human labor to a minimal supervisory role.

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Labor Share

The proportion of total income earned by workers.

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Substitution Effect

The tendency for AI and automation to replace human workers in tasks that can be automated.

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Composition Effect

The impact on job roles where AI affects the mix of industries and tasks.

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Displacement Effect

AI can lead to job reduction due to automation's replacement of human workers in tasks.

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Reinstatement Effect

AI can create new job roles or expand existing ones for human workers in areas that require human skills.

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Income Inequality

The uneven distribution of income among individuals or groups in a society.

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Job Loss vs. Gain (AI)

AI's impact on jobs, showing estimated job losses and gains in different sectors and revenue ranges.

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Polarization of Wages

A growing gap between high and low wages, where the rich get richer.

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AI & Wages (Smith)

Improved machinery and work division lead to a reduction in needed workers, even with potential wage increases, as seen in Adam Smith's observation.

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Education & Wage Gap

Education plays a role in the widening wage gap, discussed by Acemoglu & Johnson.

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AI and Kenyan Workers

OpenAI used Kenyan workers for less than $2 per hour to improve toxicity of ChatGPT.

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Impact of Automation

A detailed analysis on how automation affects net job creation or destruction, influenced by annual revenues.

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Analysis Source (AI)

Estimation of job loss and gain from analysis of OECD and ONS data on productivity and employment.

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Reinstatement?

Unclear, potential implication of actions that could mitigate the effect of increased automation.

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AI Definition (Dartmouth)

AI is the study of creating machines capable of simulating human learning and problem-solving.

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AI and Society Co-evolution

AI and society develop together, creating both intended positive and unexpected negative impacts.

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AI's Autonomous Nature (Philosophers)

Some thinkers see technology's influence on society as largely independent of human choice (e.g. Heidegger, Ellul, Habermas).

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AI Ethics (High-Level Group)

AI development should prioritize values like responsible use and meaningful human control (e.g., High Level Expert Group on AI, 2019).

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AI and Robotics (Asimov)

Asimov's three laws of robotics are guidelines for ethical machine behavior to avoid harm to humans.

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AI Definition (Oxford)

Computer systems performing tasks normally needing human intelligence.

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AI Definition (OECD)

Machine system making predictions, recommendations, or decisions in real/virtual environments, following human objectives.

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AI Economists' View

Systems improving predictions and reducing their cost, based on data.

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AI Autonomy (Level 1)

Autonomous action based on pre-defined rules and goals.

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AI Autonomy (Level 2)

Autonomous decisions based on given pre-defined goals.

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AI Autonomy (Level 3)

Autonomous goal-setting from predefined values.

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AI Autonomy (Level 4)

Autonomous identity and self-organizing system based on contexts and practices, requires a theory of mind definition of values.

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General Purpose Technology (GPT)

A technology that reduces costs in multiple areas, enables complementary inventions, and has a widespread economic impact over time.

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Cost Reduction (GPT)

Decreasing the price of energy, computation, and prediction to increase value of complementary resources and lower the value of substitutes.

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Complementarity Effect

Lower costs lead to higher value of complementary resources/products, encouraging their adoption.

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Substitution Effect (GPT)

A new technology becomes more affordable, replacing older ones.

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AI as GPT

AI is a general-purpose technology that lowers prediction costs.

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Prediction Costs Reduction

AI decreases the cost of predicting outcomes and behaviors.

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Adoption & Diffusion

The time it takes for a new technology to be widely used and adopted by the market.

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Productivity Gains

Improvements in output or efficiency.

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Examples of GPTs

Technologies such as printing, electricity, and the internet that are widely applicable and have lasting economic effects.

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Job loss/gain (AI)

Estimated job losses and gains from AI in different sectors and revenue ranges, analysed using OECD and ONS data.

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Wage Polarization

Growing gap between high and low wages, leading to increasing income inequality.

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AI and Wages (Smith)

Improved machinery and work division lead to fewer workers needed, potentially increasing wages.

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Education and Wage Gap

Education's role in the worsening income inequality, per Acemoglu & Johnson's perspective.

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AI and Kenyan Workers

OpenAI's use of Kenyan workers on low wages (<$2/hour) in ChatGPT development.

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Impact of Automation

Detailed analysis of automation's effect on net employment, categorized by annual revenue.

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Reinstatement?

Potential measures to compensate for job losses due to automation. Uncertainties remain.

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Study Notes

Understanding AI in Business Contexts

  • AI is an autonomous force shaping society (Heidegger, 1962; Ellul, 1964; Habermas, 1968)
  • AI development may be the end of the human race (Hawking)
  • Technologies are shaped by human interests and values (Latour & Woolgar, 1979; Winner, 1980)
  • AI development should align with values like responsible AI, humane AI, explainable AI, and meaningful human control. (High-Level Expert Group on AI, 2019; Floridi et al., 2020)
  • Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics:
    • A robot must not injure a human or allow a human to come to harm
    • A robot must obey human orders unless conflicting with the First Law
    • A robot must protect itself as long as it doesn't violate the first or second laws
  • Technology and society co-evolve, creating unexpected consequences
  • The study of AI should focus on how to make machines simulate human intelligence and improve themselves (Dartmouth Proposal, 1955)
  • AI development, expert systems, neural networks, and deep learning are prominent trends in AI. (Minsky, 1967)
  • AI advancements, such as AlexNet's victory in ImageNet's annual competition (Hinton, Srivastava, Krizhevsky, Sutskever and Salakhutdinov, 2012) or IBM's Watson defeating Jeopardy champions, highlight the development.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Definitions

  • AI is the study and development of computer systems designed to perform tasks typically requiring human intelligence. (Oxford English Dictionary)
  • AI is a system that makes predictions, recommendations, or decision affecting real or virtual environments. (OECD, 2019)
  • AI is the process of taking any problems with lots of data and improving solutions using existing techniques (Hinton, 2016).
  • AI is increasing the power and reducing the cost of prediction. (Agrawal et al., 2018)

AI and Economic Growth

  • AI's contribution to the global economy is predicted to reach $15.7 trillion by 2030 (PwC, 2017)
  • Computing power used to train AI has doubled every six months. (Sevilla et al., 2022)
  • Generative AI could impact 80% of the US workforce. (Eloundou et al., 2023)
  • Software engineers can code twice as fast with AI tools. (Kalliamvakou, 2022; Noy and Zhang, 2023)

AI and the Productivity Paradox

  • Productivity growth has slowed despite AI advancements.

Why AI matters (Secular Stagnation)

  • The potential growth of digital technologies has potentially been exhausted (Gordon, 2012)
  • The pace of new technology adoption and the effect on labor growth is slower than expected (Jovanovic and Rousseau, 1982)

General Purpose Technologies (GPTs)

  • GPTs are technologies that have extensive uses and lead to a cumulative economic impact.
  • Examples of GPTs: printing, bronze, the waterwheel, steam power, electricity, the internal combustion engine, railways, motor vehicles, lasers, the Internet, and AI (Lipsey et al., 1998)

AI and Employment

  • Automation disrupts jobs, creating displacement and reinstatement effects causing worker displacement/reinstatement (Acemoglu and Johnson, 2022)
  • Some sectors lose jobs (in retail, manufacturing, clerical) , but others emerge (in science).
  • AI impact on employment often leads to increased inequality of income.
  • There has been no widespread job destruction due to AI, yet despite increasing automation.
  • Labor share has constantly decreased with AI automation in the US (Acemoglu et al., 2022)
  • AI may lead to an increase in labor inequality.

AI and Wages

  • The rise of AI may result in a polarization of wages, with the highest earners seeing the largest gains while many remain stagnant
  • Productivity gains from AI could benefit some workers and hurt others leading to a widening wage gap.

AI and Ethics

  • AI choices have important consequences that should be considered
  • There is a need for regulation, and a balancing of competing values
  • AI development should not be left to market forces alone; ethical considerations should guide its use and development

Ethical Guidelines for Trustworthy AI

  • There are multiple facets of AI ethics to consider, including legal compliance, ethical principles and social/technical robustness
  • Several guidelines exist to ensure AI's ethical use
  • A human-in-the-loop model for AI may be essential to maintain ethical control

AI Act (EU)

  • The EU wants humans to retain control over AI systems. Regulations such as GDPR, DSA, DMA, DGA, or data act may help.
  • The Al Act (2025) is a potential move toward regulation in Europe.

Explainable AI

  • Explainable AI (XAI) is crucial to understanding how AI algorithms work and reducing the number of factors
  • The explainability of open-source/low-code AI needs more attention

Ethical Governance

  • A distributed agency is needed to oversee ethical AI development among stakeholders, such as researchers, users or regulators

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