Most AI value will come from broad automation, not from R&D | Epoch AI
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AI’s biggest impact will come from broad labor automation—not R&D—driving economic growth through scale, not scientific breakthroughs.
Most AI value will come from broad automation, not from R&D | Epoch AI Gradient Updates shares more opinionated or informal takes on big questions in AI progress. These posts solely represent the views of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Epoch AI as a whole. A popular view about the future impact of AI on the economy is that it will be primarily mediated through AI automation of R&D. In some form or another, this view has been expressed by many influential figures in the industry: In his essay “Machines of Loving Grace” , Dario Amodei lists five ways in which AI can ben
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