OpenAI’s Altman releases blueprint for taxing, regulating artificial intelligence

OpenAI published a policy blueprint for artificial intelligence on Monday, recommending a revised social contract to prepare for the technology’s likely impact on the economy, workforce and overall state of humans.  

The 13-page document suggests superintelligence, an AI that will surpass the smartest humans, is on the horizon and argues the governing of AI must “keep people first” once this transition unfolds.

From a public wealth fund to four-day workweeks, OpenAI’s sweeping recommendations appear to be an attempt to get ahead of the growing fears around AI. Recent polling suggests a growing number of voters are concerned about how the technology could prompt job losses, raise electricity bills and change military operations.

OpenAI and its CEO and co-founder Sam Altman compared society’s current circumstances to the transition to the Industrial Age and the Progressive Era and New Deal that followed. 

“In normal times, the case for letting markets work on their own is strong.........

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