Politica economica e intelligenza artificiale: note su opportunità e rischi
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https://doi.org/10.13133/2037-3651/19495Parole chiave:
artificial intelligence, economic policy, income distribution, aggregate demandAbstract
I recenti sviluppi dell’intelligenza artificiale comportano implicazioni di varia natura per la politica economica, in particolare per la stabilità finanziaria, l’efficacia delle politiche macroeconomiche, la concorrenza e la distribuzione dei redditi. Ai notevoli guadagni di produttività possono accompagnarsi un’accentuazione della concentrazione del potere di mercato e un rafforzamento della tendenza allo spostamento del reddito dal lavoro al capitale. Ne possono discendere conseguenze rilevanti per la domanda aggregata, la disuguaglianza e la regolazione dei mercati. Si profila pertanto un potenziale conflitto tra l’urgenza di politiche redistributive, interventi antitrust e cooperazione internazionale e le difficoltà che oggi ne ostacolano il conseguimento e che vanno superate per promuovere e mantenere uno sviluppo economico e sociale effettivamente equo e sostenibile.
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