What exactly does AI automate? Betancourt begins with the obvious answer, 'human labor, ' and ends with the nature of value created in capitalism.
His analysis was written for a lecture at the Aspen Institute-Germany's Third Annual Berlin AI Conference, Humanity Enabled: AI & the Great Economic Awakening in March, 2020.
The 'great decoupling' of labor from productivity and value suggests the potential for a post-labor economy, and the expansion of the 'society of leisure' formerl.
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