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Special Meeting 2024: AI, Productivity, Work: Can We Have it All?

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While AI has the potential to augment the capabilities of workers by automating tasks, concerns persist regarding technological unemployment and the concentration of productivity gains.

As AI develops further, what are the trade-offs leaders will need to manage?

This is the full audio from a session at the Special Meeting on Global Collaboration, Growth and Energy for Development in Riyadh on 28 April, 2024. Watch it here:

Speakers:

Tiit Riisalo, Minister of Economic Affairs and Information Technology, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Information Technology of Estonia

Thomas L. Friedman, Columnist, Foreign Affairs, The New York Times

Paula Ingabire, Minister of Information Communication Technology and Innovation, Ministry of Information Communication Technology and Innovation of Rwanda

Øyvind Eriksen, President and Chief Executive Officer, Aker ASA

Hiroaki Kitano, Executive Deputy President; Chief Technical Officer; Chief Executive Officer, Sony Research, Sony Group Corporation

Abdullah AlSwaha, Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology of Saudi Arabia

Special Meeting 2024

This episode is related to the Forum’s Special Meeting on Global Cooperation, Growth and Energy for Development held in Riyadh on 28-29 April 2024.

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Emerging TechnologiesEconomic Growth
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