Policymakers, the Biden administration, advocacy groups, pundits, think tanks, journalists, and even Pope Francis all concur in their belief that AI should only complement workers and never displace them. This view is already influencing policy and practice, and if it grows, it will represent a fundamental threat to America’s economic prosperity.
As Robert D. Atkinson writes in National Review, the reality is that all AI applications that increase worker productivity are in the national interest, regardless of whether they complement or replace the worker.
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