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Fed's Barr (voter) publishes will AI Broadly Raise Living Standards or Drive Income and Wealth Inequality?

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Fed Governor Barr emphasizes that AI's impact on wealth inequality is uncertain and will be determined by policy choices in education, taxation, and labor market development rather than technology alone.

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Scenarios for AI adoption vary widely regarding how AI might affect inequality.  AI, like past major technological advances, will shape the labor market and the broader economy in myriad ways.  It is unclear whether AI will reduce or increase income and wealth inequality. Decisions on AI policy, education, worker training and workforce development, competition, tax policy, and other areas will help determine this outcome.  We have heard many bold pronouncements about what AI will be able to do in the near and distant future . Some will likely come to pass and others won't. But future inequality will depend not only on what AI can do, but on what we choose to do with AI.

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