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AI Hype and Skepticism: Economist Paul Romer

2024/5/14
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Paul Romer: 我对人工智能的炒作持谨慎态度，认为当前的真正革命是传感器和设备的进步，它们赋予人们前所未有的能力。我认为人工智能的重点应该是增强人类能力，而不是完全取代人类。以自动驾驶为例，它并非人工智能的成功应用，因为完全的自动化非常困难，并且公众对自动驾驶汽车的安全性存在担忧。我们应该关注如何利用人工智能来改善教育，提高人们的技能水平，以应对技术进步带来的挑战。工作中的技能培养与学校教育同等重要，甚至可能更为重要。政府可以通过税收等政策手段来补贴就业或调节收入差距，以应对人工智能带来的就业挑战。如果民主和法治受到威胁，那么减缓技术发展可能是必要的，但我们应该优先考虑如何公平地分享技术进步带来的收益，避免加剧不平等。 Sam Ransbotham & Shervin Khodabandeh: 我们对人工智能的未来发展方向存在不同观点。Shervin 认为人工智能正在快速发展，未来几年可能在更多领域超越人类的能力，改变人类的工作方式。Sam则认为，虽然人工智能在某些领域取得了快速进展，但过度依赖初始的快速进步是危险的，因为在许多情况下，要完全取代人类仍然非常困难。我们应该关注人工智能如何改善教育，尤其是在衡量学习效果方面，这对于人工智能的社会接受度至关重要。

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Paul Romer discusses his skepticism about AI hype and the potential for AI to remove humans from the loop, emphasizing the importance of keeping humans in the loop and enhancing human capabilities with technology.

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Paul Romer once considered himself the most optimistic economist. He rightfully predicted that technology would blow up as an economic driver coming out of the inflation of the 1970s but acknowledges he did not foresee the inequality that technology advances would lead to.

On this episode, Paul shares his views on AI advances and their implications for society. Rather than pave the way for full automation, he is a proponent of keeping humans in the loop and believes that, rather than slowing down technology, it can be pointed in a direction for more meaningful and beneficial use, citing education as an area ripe to benefit from AI. Listen to the episode transcript here).

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