In a recent interview, Geoffrey Hinton, the University of Toronto computer scientist often called “the godfather of artificial intelligence,” warned that AI will gain “the capabilities to replace many, many jobs.” Last year, Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, said AI “could wipe out half of all entry-level white-collar jobs and spike unemployment to 10 to 20 per cent in the next one to five years.” This fall, a clear majority of Canadian workers surveyed said they believe such an outcome to be at least somewhat likely.
Even if some uncertainty remains about AI’s job-market impacts, Canadian policymakers should treat this challenge as what it is: the single most serious risk to people’s livelihoods in memory.
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A CCC type agency is what the author calls for. Maybe it will be necessary.
