Artificial Intelligence, if deployed effectively, could lead to much needed productivity in ageing OECD economies. But much depends on the kind of innovations that will be made, if and how they augment capabilities of humans and machines, and how these innovations will be taken up and spread across sectors. There are more sombre scenarios with AI leading to little efficiency gains, potentially replacing or – as some argue – even enslaving humans. OECD work shows how economy-wide productivity gains can vary in different scenarios. Based on the example of Israel with its thriving tech sector and start-up landscape, but ailing productivity in other sectors and considerable skills shortages, the panel discussed policies that can support AI related productivity gains in OECD economies and support humans in their work-related and daily endeavours rather than endanger their jobs or their sanity.
Presentation: Peter Gal and Boris Cournède, OECD
Discussion:
Joanna Bryson, Professor, Hertie School
Ana Dujić, Director General, Digital, Work, Society, Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
Gastón P. Fernández, Researcher in Economics at KU Leuven
Jonathan Foureur, CEO, JustAI
Ziv Katzir, Head of National Infrastructure for Research and Development in AI, Israel Innovation Authority
Moderated by: Nicola Brandt, OECD
Recording of the Webinar
Presentation by Peter Gal
Presentation by Boris Cournède
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