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AI and the global job market

The AI-driven world may align more with the Keynesian hypothesis than Elon Musk's gloomy prophecy of no jobs

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Atanu Biswas
As you and I argue over the 70-hour workweek  proposed by N R Narayana Murthy for India’s youth, Elon Musk has made alarming claims regarding artificial intelligence’s (AI’s) impact on the world economy and labour market. “There will come a point where no job is needed — you can have a job if you want to have a job for sort of personal satisfaction, but AI will be able to do everything,” Mr Musk said to British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at the recent AI Safety Summit in Bletchley Park, UK.

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