Economic impacts of artificial intelligence
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🗓️ 2 July 2019
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| 0:00.0 | Want to know what Europe does for you? |
| 0:04.0 | Welcome to the European Parliamentary Reset Service podcast on the economic impacts of artificial intelligence. |
| 0:10.0 | Save your or demon. |
| 0:13.0 | Despite the mixed views, there is global accord that artificial intelligence can greatly boost economic growth and productivity, |
| 0:20.0 | but it comes with equally serious risks, |
| 0:22.6 | such as rising inequalities or unemployment. |
| 0:25.6 | So what should the EU do, embrace the change, |
| 0:28.6 | or watch it from a safe distance? |
| 0:30.6 | Stay with us. |
| 0:35.6 | Artificial intelligence is already changing our lives and our economy whether in the form of |
| 0:40.9 | algorithms smart production machines or assistive technologies it is deeply transforming the way in which |
| 0:46.8 | people in modern societies live and work already today smart assistants on smartphones such as |
| 0:53.3 | syri help users in a number of ways, |
| 0:56.0 | and all Tesla cars are interconnected so that anything one of them learns can be shared across the entire fleet. |
| 1:02.0 | Artificial intelligence also matches prices in cars when one orders an Uber ride and curates what social media offered to a user based on their past choices. But with the rise of |
| 1:11.6 | artificial intelligence come many important questions. For example, how much will it affect |
| 1:16.6 | businesses, consumers and the economy in general? Employees want to know what artificial intelligence |
| 1:22.6 | means for their job and income. What businesses are eager to find out how to make the most out of it. |
| 1:28.0 | So what potential are we talking about exactly? |
| 1:30.7 | Well, the potential of artificial intelligence to revolutionise production and help address |
| 1:34.7 | major global challenges is recognised by many, including the OECD and the European Commission. |
| 1:40.9 | Thanks to rapidly increasing computing power and connectedness, large amounts of data |
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