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Some Very Important Things (That I Won't Be Working On This Year)

Miles Brundage · 15 Feb 2025

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  1. Our reading

    AI will eliminate many millions of jobs within the next few years, and that disruption will shape the politics of everything else about AI.

    Their wordsI’m quite confident that AI will eliminate many millions of people’s jobs in the next few years.

  2. Our reading

    Companies do not have sufficient incentives to mitigate the major risks of AI, and competition between them is driving corner-cutting.

    Mental modelIncentives

    Their wordsContrary to some people’s beliefs, companies do not in fact have sufficient incentives to mitigate all major risks, and competition is driving corner-cutting that needs to be reined in somehow.

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