[HN Gopher] Will AI usher in an era of explosive economic growth?
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       Will AI usher in an era of explosive economic growth?
        
       Author : amath
       Score  : 7 points
       Date   : 2024-03-27 20:36 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | ForHackernews wrote:
       | No.
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       | (Betteridge's law of headlines, but also true in this case)
        
         | JohnFen wrote:
         | I'm not sure why the submitter went with that headline instead
         | of the actual headline of the article: "How AI could explode
         | the economy and how it could fizzle.". The piece itself
         | discusses both "AI will be a huge economic boon" and "AI will
         | have little economic effect" stances.
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         | My prediction is that it will not cause explosive economic
         | growth, but it will have noticeable economic effects that will
         | benefit some at the expense of others.
        
           | amath wrote:
           | More interested in the opinions of those on this site and I
           | thought the article would prompt some interesting discussion.
        
             | JohnFen wrote:
             | The established practice is to use the same title as the
             | article you're submitting (with a few exceptions). From the
             | guidelines:
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             | > please use the original title, unless it is misleading or
             | linkbait; don't editorialize.
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             | So that's what people tend to expect, and is why I was
             | surprised when I clicked through.
        
       | skynetv2 wrote:
       | No. Undoubtedly No. There are some applications that will benefit
       | directly from this technological improvement, but it is not a
       | widely applicable as everyone is making it to be. In the areas
       | what it is broadly applicable, it will improve efficiency and
       | also a loss of a few jobs, which might make it mostly neutral
       | from an economic point of view.
        
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