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Read the letter Eric Schmidt, Reid Hoffman, and top economists signed warning about AI's threat to jobs
More than 200 economists, executives, and researchers signed an 88-word letter titled 'We Must Act Now' warning about AI's potential to cause large-scale job displacement. The letter, organized by Stanford Digital Economy Lab, calls for stronger guardrails as AI becomes 'radically more powerful' in the next decade. Signatories include Eric Schmidt, Reid Hoffman, Nobel laureates, and leaders from Google, Anthropic, and OpenAI.
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