Why AI Will Spark Exponential Economic Growth | Cathie Wood | TED

[@frankburkhard5701]

I miss the days when there was a distinctive difference between a TED talk and a generic, run-of-the-mill corporate boardroom powerpoint presentation.

[@Extrusor_3D]

Yes, the quality sure has deteriorated.

[@d.c.8828]

Or a World Economic Forum propaganda broadcast.

I miss the old, unscrubbed internet

[@abcthegreat1]

You can tell the power brokers behind Ted have changed. A year or so ago it was overly woke and focused on economic and social disenfranchisement. Now, it’s just executives talking their book (e.g. duolingo sales pitch) The right balance seemed to have been when professors and researchers were conveying their work and the art of the possible.

[@frankburkhard5701]

I didn´t think I could ever agree with anything said by someone who uses the word 'woke' as a slur, but here we are. I agree. And the world didn´t end 😅@@abcthegreat1

[@alphabeta8403]

3:00 Exponential growth 8:50 FED policy 10:50 *40% potential CAGR* 12:10 Creative destruction 13:00 *Convergence of blockchain tech and AI*

[@friarnewborg9213]

You Trust her? I don't! She has been wrong before. But she's got an amazing talent for finding BIG UPSWINGS, and that is not as easy as people may think

[@DonaldMark-ne7se]

Protecting your capital is much more important than making money. Basically because if you lose your capital, making money is much harder. ''Missing the train'' vs. ''losing your money''. There are a lot of trains, but if your money is gone, it's over.

[@NoorFrohock]

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[@Odmark-u5f]

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[@PhilomenaCopple]

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[@NoorFrohock]

She appears to be well-educated and well-read. I ran a Google search for her name and came across her website; thank you for sharing.

[@GianlucaAiello]

I seriously doubt "wages going up as employees become more productive". Less jobs on the market will increase demand and lower waiges. The speed of technology will go faster and our ability to adapt.

[@mk1st]

Investors will be fine.

[@jaysonp9426]

UBI is what she means

[@momsbluedress]

⁠@@jaysonp9426UBI is a massive crock. Particularly here in the US, where both government representatives and a chunk of the population are convinced that even socialized healthcare is a no-go.

[@Tate525]

​Exactly the vast majority only gets their basic needs fulfilled through UBI, while the 1% live in luxury that is beyond anyone's wildest imagination. AI the way it's being deployed doesn't really seem it will result in Utopia these experts are claiming it will be.

[@jonathanmarth6426]

Hey now, just because we saw decreasing wages (if adjusted for inflation) accompanying the previous massive rise in productivity doesn't mean the workers will get the shaft this time around as well... CEOs and "entrepeneurs" in our current era make the robber barons seem like saints by comparison.

[@Lou44000]

As global warming, pollution and the collapse of biodiversity causes the worst threat in human history, I am really puzzled by this supposedly good news that AI will spark an exponential economic growth! Do we live on the same planet????

[@carultch]

Anyone who strives for exponential growth on a finite planet is either a madman or an economist.

[@hardheadjarhead]

Allegedly A.I. will solve all those problems, provided it doesn’t destroy us all by itself.

[@vedasiva695]

@@carultch Planet is way bigger than what it is in our head usually. We often do not realise how much energy is un tapped and un utilised . Know that 5 mins of energy reaching earth from Sun if used all of it (100% efficiency) can power the entire world for an year. Thats wealth basically and no one has to pay for power.

[@carultch]

@@vedasiva695 You can't cover our entire planet in solar panels. Most of our planet is ocean, and covering the ocean with solar will cause a catastrophe on our oxygen supply, when aquatic plant life and algae can't get enough sunlight to produce oxygen. We also need land with exposure to sunlight to make food for people, because we can't live on mushrooms alone. I don't want to see our planet turn into Coruscant, with every square meter stolen from nature to serve the cancer of human greed.

[@CYBERSECURITY.101]

Whether AI leads to exponential economic growth depends on how we choose to develop and deploy it. Responsible development, addressing societal challenges, and prioritizing human well-being are key to ensuring that AI benefits everyone.

[@katerinesantana6060]

The problem with this is that we live in an economic system that prioritizes profit above all else. So are leaders going to shift their thinking in a matter of 2-3 years?

[@xerasion]

Well, that will never happen. The hording disease of the wealthy will not allow abundance to be shared ever. Worker productivity grows exponentially along with profits for the super wealthy. You know what hasn't grown exponentially? Wages. Productivity gains are never benefit workers. The more we produce, the more the wealthy take from us to throw into their massive money bins while we remain in poverty no matter how hard we work. The wealthy poison are air, water, food, medicines and public discourse and then deny us healthcare and allow us to die of exposure, neglect and preventable disease. A.I. should replace the wealthy. They serve no purpose and are completely obsolete.

[@nathanfranck5822]

Arguably profit driven companies create the most human well being - value in ($) value out (services/products) - so AI making tonnes of things more efficient with blunt force useage is going to benefit everyone, even if it's not perfectly aligned

[@CYBERSECURITY.101]

@@katerinesantana6060 I don't think it could happen. Expecting they shifting their thinking within 2-3 years might be overly optimistic.

[@CYBERSECURITY.101]

@@nathanfranck5822 You're right, the relationship between profit and well-being isn't always straightforward, and several factors necessitate a nuanced approach

[@interstellarsurfer]

Exponential economic growth - so that the rich get richer, and inflation keeps the poor where they belong.

[@salehmoosavi875]

No. The poors get rich

[@interstellarsurfer]

@@salehmoosavi875 That's the fiction they want you to believe in.

[@hamarana]

A few decades ago there were no Elon Musk, Jeff Besos, Mark Zuckerberger, Steve Jobs etc...only IBM, Xerox, TV Companies, Newspapers, Kodak... The market is open for anyone specially you !

[@sino_diogenes]

I'm sick of this doomerism - massive technological advances have essentially always improved people's standards of living, even the poors.

[@chocomalk]

Who is Rockefeller? JP Morgan? @@hamarana​

[@GrumpDog]

Lower prices and higher wages will NOT happen, without being forced! Current corporate business thinking, their models and the way stockholders are setup, does not allow for any of the increased productivity gains, to go to workers. Shareholders will even sue to try to prevent those gains from ever going to workers, and CEOs often laugh at the thought. AI is about to become "super intelligent" compared to the average person. Businesses will NOT pass up the savings of using AI to replace human workers. THIS BREAKS CAPITALISM! It breaks the relationship between labor and capital, and leads to collapse if we change nothing, because businesses not paying workers leads to customers who cannot spend on your products. We need to rethink the whole social contract of society. We cannot justify distributing basic resources to people, based on their ability to compete, when AI will always out-compete them.

[@tuckerbugeater]

That's what bio weapons are for bunny

[@mmorselli]

Lower prices and higher wages will happen, you just have to buy more products. We are still talking about consumer technology of course, not restaurant dinners

[@krox477]

You're right one day we will achieve post labour economics

[@ubgodinez]

Totally agree. Workers of the world united!

[@yt_rm]

This sounded like a 14 minute long unskippable KZbin Ad.

[@Godfrey544]

you get some interesting ads. i get silly dudes tryig to sell me a muscle shirt

[@4thgen.warfareexpert780]

More power n control to the powerful

[@pushkarkhanal4340]

Creative Destruction ? This is how some speakers are not-so-creatively destructing the once respected TED platform.

[@johnnyb362]

These technologies will only increase the wealth gap. The current GDP per household in the US is $237K but average household income is $75K. The other $162K is siphoned off by a tiny minority who will jump at the chance to increase that gap by replacing workers with technology. The more we struggle with basic necessities the less bandwidth we have to realize they’re lying when they tell us those struggles are caused by [insert powerless scapegoat group here]

[@joannot6706]

As long as the poor get richer i.e. better standard of living (and it consistently has) then it's progress. It's not perfect (nothing is) but it's improvement in part thanks to technical progress. There is a ted talk about a Swedish guy that perfectly illustrate the fact that standards of living for the poorest just keeps increasing

[@vila777_]

@@joannot6706progress that will ultimately fall if we allow the division of capital to continue this way. if 1% of the world owns almost all of the capital, what is preventing them from enslaving the majority? overthrowing democracies through their economic influence? capital is power under capitalism. disproportionate division of power leads to autocracy, if not outright dictatorship. you say that there has been progress for the poor, but that “progress” has been entirely for the benefit of citizens of wealthy countries, built off the exploitation of third world countries (the global majority), where living standards have not improved but declined under governments thrusted on them by great western powers. that is not a political statement, but historical fact; just look into the histories of government in south america and africa, and their pre-colonial past. “not perfect” is a very dismissive and short-sighted way to put it.

[@beiyongzui]

Of course it will only increase the wealth gap, because not everyone is useful now. But that doesn't mean that the living standard for everyone in general isn't increasing.

[@CYBERSECURITY.101]

AI is a tool, and like any tool, its impact depends on the choices we make. Let's choose to use AI responsibly and ethically, to create a future where everyone can benefit from its potential.

[@joannot6706]

@@vila777_ "you say that there has been progress for the poor, but that “progress” has been entirely for the benefit of citizens of wealthy countries" *You are wrong* , just look at the ted talk of that Swedish statistician guy. The TED is literally called "How not to be ignorant about the world" Very fitting if you ask me.

[@stchaltin]

AI can learn how to do tasks cheaper than human beings. Unless we change our end goals for what society is working towards (a money based society), then our labor is already worthless.

[@13zomi]

Yeah and I'm not so sure I trust that the same people who are gleefully increasing the wealth gap despite all the technological breakouts we have today would suddenly start prioritizing the well-being of the general population just because we now have AI. For example, most of the inflation we have today is due to corporate profits/greed. AI may make the production of goods cheaper (by replacing humans), but companies will simply use this to increase their margins--not make sales prices cheaper. When more money is the ultimate goal, only those calling the shots will benefit.

[@ngbrother]

GDP is meaningless in a post scarcity economy.

[@SBqwerty]

@@ngbrother Post-scarcity? Is such a thing even possible? we'll just adjust our consumption upwards (or change the resource scarcity towards something like lithium)

[@katerinesantana6060]

@@13zomi That's what I am thinking as well. Any new technology is going to be exploited for maximum profit not for the well being of human beings.

[@JoseDiaz-bs1jg]

Who will be gaining or growing from all this. 🤔

[@Extrusor_3D]

Why does TED give a platform to someone as disconnected from reality as she is? AI might make investors and billionaires richer and cause the stock markets to rise for a while. But the real economy will drop like a rock, and inequality will skyrocket.

[@SurfbyShootin]

TED has always been on the side of the Establishment at the expense of the ordinary working class person. They just know how to package the idea so that you consent to it. They know that it will cause inequality, that was their mission by design.

[@alex6188]

Technology is good for everyone.

[@Extrusor_3D]

@@alex6188 yes, ALL technology is good for EVERYONE. And Santa Claus is real.

[@PacificSword]

@@alex6188 ...who can afford to own it

[@JingoYu]

You are using KZbin and the internet was consider a scary "new tech" so did automobiles and telephone. just update your mind dude

[@CedarGroveOrganicFarm]

I feel like a lot of what's missing in the conversation here is global ecology. While I am absolutely fascinated by these technologies, i cant help but hear a voice from the back of my mind Reminding me that AI hangs from a long chain of weak links, ultra capable but fragile at best

[@Ilinskiya]

Nobody will care about ecology when they loose their jobs due to AI

[@ysf-d9i]

what does that even mean

[@CedarGroveOrganicFarm]

Yeah so, Global ecology, I suppose that has a ridiculously open ended meaning. Basically what I'm trying to say here is that while there is vast economic potential (and an equal amount of potential in other domains) AI is serviced by a very highly specialized chain of industries (ex. Rare earth mining, electricity production, etc), and so if a single one of those fails, all of the potential of AI tech also fails (it's not robust). People may point out that this chain of industry necessities has existed for a long time, but with AI it's the linear scaling of the resources that is a structural limitation of its adoption for me

[@Bluponi]

All these technologies are great, and the weak links in the chain that you are talking about can be fixed by blockchain... Unfortunately, I think only the U.S., China, and other highly developed technological countries will be helped and financially boosted by AI. most people in Etheopia do not even know what a motherboard is

[@yoochem]

You’re right, and not only that, but current generative AI also depends on advanced GPUs that consume a lot of power. I recall recently hearing on a podcast that all AI currently available already uses the electricity needs comparable to a small country. If that power isn’t produced through ‘green’ means, this will accelerate our way to global ecological decline.

[@mytube1000javed]

You should also speak about massive job losses. Rich will become richer and poor, poorer. It will create extremely horrific concentration of wealth in few bad people's hands. Billions of people will become slaves.

[@Marcel-e8o]

When a 60k robot can take in the labor market. Than it will become interesting

[@briankorsedal]

Slaves have economic value. Slave masters provided for slaves because they had economic value. People will not have economic value. They will just be all cost.

[@alex6188]

Lol no.

[@wonmoreminute]

Right!? She simultaneously said she believes wages will go up while also highlighting the robotaxi revolution, brought on by autonomous driving that will literally wipe out millions of jobs. Sure, that traditionally increases wages for the working class 🙄 And she’s giddy about this. She can barely contain her excitement. I love tech and can’t deny that this sci fi world we’re living in right now isn’t really cool. But these people are sociopaths, completely hollow shells with zero empathetic capacity. Can a better world emerge from this? Sure it can. But the wreckage along the way will be devastating. Try a “pull yourself up by your bootstraps”, “manifest greatness through positivity” mindset when AI and automation can literally do whatever you can do 100x faster and better, while also being 1000x cheaper. These attitudes are helpful in societies and countries where opportunity exists. You could use that positive energy and AI to build you a business and then what? Sell your products and services to the unemployed masses who have no way of generating income? What is she and people like Marc Andreessen talking about increased wages? Increased productivity only increases wages when you need people for the increased productivity. In this instance, the increased productivity is literally due to the fact that AI and automation will be able to do what humans do better, faster, and cheaper. Which they admit because they predict a deflationary economy. What am I missing?

[@carlmartin9984]

Please don't talk about Bill Gates like that. You are being too honest.

[@sl10957]

In the early 1900's the big losers were horses being put out to pasture, they didn't spend a cent while they worked, they were a cost, it was a net gain letting them go. Laying off workers due to productivity gains means those workers spend less while out of work, some companies will certainly make big gains, lower costs, higher margins, but unseen second and third order effects have yet to be accounted for. The major second order effect of the early 1900's was WW1. We are also dealing with falling birth rates, greater number of retirees living of savings. In the 1900's you had huge labour forces coming off farms with families of 8-12 children. Not this time. Again all the building blocks on the chess board are correct, but how they will interact adds up to one thing, serious system instability. Its not all rainbows and unicorns. If you haven't noticed already, the 21st century has been nothing but unstable.

[@dawnrazor]

I’m surprised cathie didn’t also mention quantum computing as one of the transformative technologies. The opportunities are also enormous for more inequality more deprivation if equity is also part of the equation. I fear that it won’t be and all the profits will go upwards as it usually does

[@cybrdelic]

Yeah focus on equity of outcome rather than equality of opportunity definitely leads to more deprivation and inequality as well as just more poverty in general.

[@YourMom-cu8yt]

@@3793loopyou’re acting like the Industrial Revolution all of the way up to today wasn’t built on the graves of billions of people that weren’t paid enough to thrive in societies that oppressed their individual rights.

[@JjAnteros]

she has mentioned quantum computers before in many of her talks online, she said quantum computers are not at their peak profitability yet, but will be in the next decade or 2, potentially, right now her funds are definitely more centered around genomics, AI, and a few other technologies, but i am sure she will have a fund for quantum computers in the next few years i would assume, right now she is more-so focused on exporting her funds to EU, letting EU investors be able to buy into her funds, etc, aswell as selling some stocks that deal with crypto, since crypto has had a huge run-up in the last quarter, her biggest holding right now is Coinbase, Block (SQ) is not far behind aswell...

[@tuckerbugeater]

You're forgetting millions of Western men died to build Technologies through Warfare

[@otheraccount312]

I don't think quantum computing is here yet like the others. It may be in 5-10 years, but not quite yet

[@haroonafridi231]

Why would people want for the 1% to get even more rich? We should be talking about ending the poverty And how AI can help with that

[@sisko89]

Right, I tought all the big tech private for-profit companies have been investing bilions and decades of research into this just to help the poor, I can't believe they are trying to profit from it now... It's us, the people on social media who didn't contribute to anything, that should decide what this technology will be used for

[@lspag7415]

AI will create a better world for all of humanity. If prices go down it means EVERYTHING becomes affordable ❤🎉

[@JohnMcAfee-se9ms]

Probably will be good for the bottom billion if we can access an AI doctor or nurse for free or next to free via a smartphone. Same with education in the developing world.

[@JohnMcAfee-se9ms]

​@@sisko89At least you can use GPT-4 as much as you want for free.

[@ahoog69]

While these types of talks can be fascinating and informative (I feel there is great value in hearing from different voices), the bottom line should be how this-GDP growth, corporate profits, technological innovation-benefits society. People are what matters in the end. A hospital’s stock may be doing very well, but if the patients’ conditions aren’t improving, then what’s the point?

[@stefansteff13]

Exactly!!

[@AndrewDBenedict]

Compare conditions from now to 100-200 years ago tho.

[@gamesndrinks]

The comment section did not disappoint. What about the people this tech will displace? What about the wealth gap? Workers rights? I love listening about the new tech but the people affected is never an issue.

[@footballuniverse6522]

course not, these are all rich people in finance

[@benthezomboni2701]

When you a technology that decreases costs, it will ether lower prices or increase earnings. When real wages increase more people will buy goods. Increasing demand for labor. We will not have unemployment above 5%.

[@gamesndrinks]

@@benthezomboni2701 an increase of labor but at the risk of stagnant pay wages...

[@vila777_]

⁠​⁠@@benthezomboni2701that labor is replaced by technology in this situation. “demand for labor” has no meaning for human wage earnings when the labor is not human, but artificial. demand for human labor would decrease and be replaced by artificial labor, because it would undoubtedly be more cost-effective. human labor being devalued (due to supply and demand) would mean that nobody could even earn adequate wages in order to buy the goods those machines produce. then production itself would essentially only take place for the benefit of the 1% who own those machines, unless a UBI is established, or we decide that there is no need for them to own those machines anymore and make them public. the first one is a capitalist solution since it maintains private ownership, the second is a socialist solution since it makes the means of production socially owned. a third semi-capitalist solution would be to regulate the use of AI globally, forcing companies to employ a quota of human workers over artificial intelligence. this somehow is the most unrealistic of the three; i highly doubt every country would agree to this, since the incentive for global power gains from allowing AI technology to thrive within domestic corporations would be far too strong. those companies would be able to gain a huge portion of global market share due to their much cheaper price for goods.

[@Raketensofa1]

What happened, TED? How did you end up giving a stage to investors who have a vested interest in selling this narrative, instead of brilliant (social) innovators and thinkers like Ken Robinson? Seriously, how is this possible? Can anyone explain?

[@Brandon96712]

fantastic video Everybody wants to be financially independent and live a better life. With savvy investing, an inexpensive lifestyle, and diligent budgeting, this is not difficult to do. I'm glad I realised early on that achieving financial freedom requires hard work.

[@TorresJuanJose]

My belief is that making a wise investment is a fantastic way to save money for the future as well as a way to generate passive income. Those who make poor mistakes early in life regret them later in life. But, if done alone, investing may be challenging and risky. For this reason, I suggest consulting experts for advice (financial advisors). The difficulty lies in effectively employing it, not just watching videos and reading investing books.

[@SallyW414]

Sincerely, I'm genuinely moved by what you said. I have a seizable amount of money that I am willing to invest if given the appropriate knowledge and I am highly interested in investing. My greatest concern is losing money on a bad investment. I'm open to hearing your advice on how to make sensible investments as a result.

[@SteveKalfman-yv7co]

I genuinely believe that having the necessary knowledge is important to the success of any investment, and I say this as an OAP with much experience. Whatever you set your mind on, do it regardless of what others may say. Be fearful when others are greedy, and greedy when others are fearful, advises Warren Buffer often. This is surely the key to succeeding while others fail. I made $100,000 working with a financial advisor. Working with an advisor has proven to be a promising experience thus far.

[@LagerthaJackson]

Not bad at all. I know a lot of folks that made fortunes from the Dotcom crash as well as the 08’ crash and I’ve been looking into similar opportunities in this present market. Could this coach that guides you help?

[@SteveKalfman-yv7co]

Finding financial advisors like Natalie Noel Burns who can assist you shape your portfolio would be a very creative option. There will be difficult times ahead, and prudent personal money management will be essential to navigating them.

[@PaulADAigle]

She seems correct, but I think she has a disconnect from the poor and disadvantaged. Much of that hopeful outlook will be deeply separated from a huge swath of people. The rich will hoard the growth, and the workers will find themselves wanting. Unemployment will skyrocket while the government tries to salvage the resources for the common people.

[@travisporco]

that's why the billionaires are trying to get rid of democracy right now

[@arnswine]

Yep. Since K-14 education was successfully dismantled for the sake of fiscal responsibility and familiarizing kids with prison conditions, meaningful participation in them platform convergence miracles will be available to at least one or two entitlement stars per graduating class.

[@LoFiSiYT]

Hey Paul, remember the first rule of capitalism: We don't care about the poors. They're just there to be exploited! Any more of this 'equality' talk and we'll brand you a commie-feminist and make sure that you are cancelled! ( /s just in case anyone was questioning) On a serious note, when she said the profits would end up in 3 places, I thought, Yeah, Jeff's pocket, Mark's pocket and Elon's pocket... 😞

[@laurap239]

and yet, in the early 1900s, even poor people benefited from electricity, cars, and phones. Certainly later than the rich, but technology ALWAYS trickles down. Besides, what's wrong with working less?

[@arnswine]

Most of us who are able to write comments on the internet have not experienced life walking hundreds of miles in the same clothes, defecating wherever, eating whatever, and sleeping on sidewalks, etc.. We talk about poverty like it's just a lower form of acceptable OK-ness caused by choice and easily overcome by merit. While it's true all of the industrial revolutions shifted human activity away from fields toward factories, desks, entertainment, and transportation, etc... Demand for "work" increased in ways that required lots of human involvement. The US was uniquely prepared to lead the shift because it was able to rely on the world's first mandatory public education system for qualified "help". Can't rely on anecdotal history to dismiss negative socio-economic impacts of AI and robotics - especially considering how those who benefit the most excuse themselves from accountability. There is no precedent for eliminating the need for most human activity - i.e. the very thing people monetize to pay other people for goods and services - in order to retire at birth.

[@tomleslie6565]

I believe Kate Raworth has an excellent talk about why exactly we don’t need economic growth. Grow grow grow until what? Can we please consider the possibility that growth is not the ultimate answer?

[@Weisswolf777]

She is quite optimistic. Hope that growth goes for everyone.

[@ema4770]

lol when it went for everyone in history ? shes is there to destroy with false advertisement to pump and dump what she manage in portfolio my job and stipend is not growing, and where i find money to invest ? to keep getting richer our world will never be deflationary ! that is the big lie she is spouting

[@jaysonp9426]

Goodbye Capitalism...also this is Cathie Wood lol

[@mammajamma773]

As an investor I don't think she puts as much focus on economic equality so much as corporate valuation

[@PS-ic4bp]

She is optimism personified but her funds got hammered in recent years. Her investments are all high risk/ high growth.

[@gregbors8364]

It never does

[@shadabfariduddin6784]

Exponential growth of GDP with exponential income inequalities.

[@HipH0pHippy]

I don't care how much we advance or how fast, nothing will become deflationary if we don't stop corporate greed...

[@GlennRobinson777]

Growth usually comes at the cost of something though - in this case existing human workers. Who pays for this growth? The humans who have to borrow themselves beyond the grave again?

[@PaladinusSP]

The fact that blockchains are on the slide as a game-changing technology says everything about her expertise.

[@mk1st]

Right? How about quantum computing?

[@PaladinusSP]

@@mk1st it can become a game changer and most likely will, but at the moment the technology is not there yet. For general purposes, it's still less efficient than traditional computing.

[@pottedrosepetal6906]

@@mk1st I raise you to quantum blockchain fusion reactors that will produce our energy soon!

[@johnnyb362]

Blockchain technology isn’t confined only to cryptocurrency. As AI becomes a reality and computing speed in general increases the ability to protect data and know what is and isn’t real becomes more difficult. When any system can be hacked, any encryption can be broken, and any data or content can be faked, blockchains that keep a continuous ledger of changes on computers across the world will be the only way of telling what’s genuine.

[@patrickispeppa]

Second that. Also Real AI = Generative AI at 2:42 is a red flag

[@thedawapenjor]

My concern is that fewer and fewer people are needed and although wealth is generated it will be concentrated at the top.

[@ReginaJune]

3:35 less is more, more is quality not quantity. Individual style is art and what differentiates products. Mass produce what you have to, everyone else gets to be artisanal

[@phen-themoogle7651]

Would've been fun if she mentioned that Amazon has 'Digit' humanoid bots and eventually will replace the workforce (for manual labor tasks, in the next year or two lol) She didn't touch on the robots too much, and went to the taxi route (which is still a huge business, but not as massive as robots for all the tasks they can achieve......)

[@Christopher-k7f]

So it must be assumed robots will increase producticity by replacing humans in most places.. and humans will move to jobs designing robots fonctions. Well markets can consider narratives like it is a revolution but the truth is : we already know how to do this since the 80's with automation in the industry. Only cheap Chinese hands slowed the transition. Robots can only exceed this previous state of the tech. by achieving more autonomous tasks.. Not even in amazon this is happening. Some call for evolution where it is simply continuity..

[@brandongillett2616]

If you think recent robots have not been achieving more autonomous tasks, then you haven't been paying close enough attention. Robots will replace humans and humans will move to other jobs creating robots. Unless they are not capable of contending with the complexity of designing robots, then they will simply be replaced and struggle to find new employment.

[@ysf-d9i]

robots are the hardest part of the equation because you actually need factories to produce them which means you need raw materials and machines and a bunch of other stuff. The costs are very high. Whereas with software AI, the cost of replication is 0. So knowledge workers, office workers etc will be the most easily replacable. laborers will actually be the last to go.

[@ysf-d9i]

@@Christopher-k7f sorry, you and guy below have no idea what you guys are talking about. AI can do literally everything better than humans, including designing robots.

[@id10t98]

@@ysf-d9i no, it cannot. It takes countless hours of programming AI to get it to do any simple task humans do now.

[@Aarrenrhonda3]

I think investors should always put their cash to work, especially In 2024, we'll start to see more market diversification. I'm hoping to invest about $350k of my savings in stocks this year. Hope to make millions in 2024.

[@Rachadrian]

Since risk is at an all-time high right now, perhaps you should be a little more patient but remember the bigger the risk the bigger the results. Alternatively, you can consult a trained financial expert for strategy.

[@Dantursi1]

Exactly, a good number of people discredit the effectiveness of financial advisor, but over the past 7years, I’ve had a financial advisor consistently restructure and diversify my portfolio and I’ve made over $3 million in gains… might not be a lot but i'm financially secure and that's fine by me.

[@CindyValenti]

This is huge! think you can point me towards the direction of your advisor? been looking at advisory management myself.. seeking ways to invest and make more money with the uncertainty in the economy.

[@Dantursi1]

The decision on when to pick an Adviser is a very personal one. I take guidance from Amber Dawn Brummit to meet my growth goals and avoid mistakes, she's well-qualified and her page can be easily found on the net.

[@CindyValenti]

My needs are kind of unique and complex. I'll contact her nonetheless, and I hope I'm able to make something out of it.

[@joannot6706]

She is describing trends that has been going on for years and people are in shock. She is extrapolating from where technical progress is going, makes sense.

[@ScorchedEarthRevenge]

Anyone can do that. Picking the right stocks is something else entirely. If it was 1999, she'd be buying up AOL and Yahoo. Her argument for why Tesla will dominate a $10-trillion robotaxi industry is hilarious. Wood is nothing but a pumper. Everyone's an investment genius in a bull market.

[@tuckerbugeater]

Keep eating those sour grapes

[@Metacognition88]

Throwing out tech buzzword and mixing them together gets retail wet.

[@joannot6706]

@@ScorchedEarthRevenge And she would be spot on buying AOL, Yahoo, Amazon, Microsoft, Apple in 1999. Just like someone buying Tesla shares is likely right.

[@ScorchedEarthRevenge]

@@joannot6706 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@bruhvistan9001]

Can't wait for the comments to get disabled on this

[@useyourbrain1232]

Who in their right mind would still listen to Cathy Wood?

[@marcoborghi9327]

Why you say that, did she missed some prediction in the past? (i am interested, i have no idea who is she)

[@jhunt5578]

​@marcoborghi9327 Her ETF funds lost tins of money during the Covid bubble. I never invested in her ETFs, but Ark have good data and I think in the long run she'll be proven generally right.

[@marcoborghi9327]

So is she some kinda cryptho scammers?

[@useyourbrain1232]

@@marcoborghi9327 her fund lost a ton of money over the last couple of years and she made number of predictions that didnt come true. She generally sounds like she has no idea what she is talking about covering very complicated and diverse topics like ai biotechnology etc. don't understand why people even listen to her nonsense anymore

[@useyourbrain1232]

@@marcoborghi9327 i dont think that she is a scammer but that she is just way out of her league. She talks a lot about futuristic bullshit that she does not understand

[@TheMrfrodough]

The fact that ted allowed this psychopath on their stage demonstrates how far down its gone. Productivity going up from ai wont give realistic and fair wage increases. Productivity has sky rocketed since the 1960s and yet wages have stagnated. GDP has been a bunk measurement for the economy for ages. All GDP measures is how much is produced. Not whether its useful to society, not whether its needed, just volume. GDP doesnt measure the peoples well being, which is the only measurement that matters.

[@eric2394]

U probably called her crazy when she called Tesla stock $5,000 when it was $120.

[@TheMrfrodough]

@@eric2394 maybe you should read the entire thing I said. What I said demonstrates her broken thinking.

[@JingoYu]

Since the 1960s wages have stagnated? Do we live on the same planet?

[@TheMrfrodough]

@@JingoYu wages compared to productivity. It's an objective fact.

[@TheMrfrodough]

@@JingoYu minimum wage in 1967 was 1$. Adjusting for inflation that equates to 9.01$ today. The federal minimum wage is 7.25 now. It's just math.

[@robertboateng-duah9555]

All I can sense is that if the right policies and structures are not put in place around the growth of AI, it will lead to massive economic inequality

[@bobrussell3602]

@robertboateng-duah9555 A rising tide lifts all boats.

[@peterbelanger4094]

Since when are the right policies and structures put in place? this is going to be terrible for the people. Stop deluding yourselves with optimism.

[@Zeuts85]

@@peterbelanger4094 Not necessarily. Economic inequality probably will surge, but that doesn't mean quality of life will go down. If you make 10X less than you currently do, but everything you want to buy is 100X cheaper, you're still 10X wealthier.

[@baymahmoud]

We don't need economic growth technologies; we need economic redistribution technologies

[@Comenta-san]

just the optimism in this girl cured everyone's depression

[@ingbertguenzel5580]

Somebody knows how to NOT surpress TED-videos but videos with Cathie Wood? 😂

[@edvolve]

I would really like to hear what energy systems will be in place too power such an energy hungry New World. I heard a lot about first principles in this talk. Nothing can be more bedrock than energy. Energy is the life blood upon which all of this will be built. This is not a nay-saying comment, But I’m just very interested in how this all gets powered.

[@agginswaggin]

We've had exponential growth since the industrial revolution. AI is just gonna help that trend continue (until we reach a maximum)

[@YourMom-cu8yt]

⁠@@3793looplol man are you in for a surprise when the oceans, rivers, and lakes have an ecological collapse, and when the top soil is depleted, and when the air is so toxic that medicine doesn’t help people avoid the consequences anymore. All of which will be a reality in less than 80 years. The water wars are going have you just staring at your phone with a pikachu face thinking, “I thought there wasn’t a maximum because line on chart keep going up”. 😂😂😂

[@agginswaggin]

@@3793loop I would say the maximum is what a human can consume. There's no point in producing goods and services that nobody will use

[@agginswaggin]

@@YourMom-cu8yt that's assuming AI won't help us fix those issues

[@NeoShameMan]

​​@@agginswagginthat's assuming it will 😂 or more likely that people in charge of ai care 😢

[@phen-themoogle7651]

@@agginswaggin Until 2030-2035 when there's billions of robots and they become citizens at some point, consuming more than humans on their free-time lol (maybe there will become too many robots that some don't need to work or if they become obsolete they just retire and have rights lol it's gonna be interesting and weird

[@lifegenius763]

Brilliant talk 👍 so insightful 🙏 thank you

[@wolfie-1812]

all i understood from this video is that, there'll will be a massive AI bubble which will be followed by a blood bath and a massive crash in the next 1-2 years..

[@2CSST2]

So in other words, you acknowledge that instead of actually listening to the points and reflecting on them, you plug your ears, cry out like a baby, and imagine what you're being said is what you already believe.

[@LukasNajjar]

@@2CSST2That’s exactly what he’s done 🤦‍♂️

[@Phil-W]

Always important to rebalance your portfolio so you can be around for the second AI boom

[@vedasiva695]

Dude, thats not at all what is conveyed in the video . Sorry ma dude. you are way off.

[@TechSiyaad]

This so called exponential economic growth is just for the reach not those who don't have any tech education for their children in 2023 let alone talk about other things. many countries particularly in Africa there is no opportunity for the young to learn digital skills necessary for the kind of growth needed.

[@ReginaJune]

3:03 I’m personally hoping it’s a vehicle to degrowth, improve quality of life for surfs to experience some leisure activities and be more smarter… common sense and efficiency colliding basically

[@andybaldman]

She isn't biased at all, is she? TED, you used to have integrity.

[@Aremisalive]

There is a 50-50 like to dislike ratio on this video. Ouch.

[@denuncimesmo2568]

It is undeniable that net job creation and changes in in-demand skills are real challenges. Historically, we have seen significant job replacements, and the concern about systemic income inequality is valid. The concentration of wealth in key sectors and the lack of redistribution can intensify disparities. We sincerely hope that all this wealth does not continue to accumulate in the hands of so few. A world where prosperity is shared is essential to avoid a sadder scenario and a more difficult life. Excessive accumulation of wealth can fuel conflicts and wars. We live in a world that has developed so quickly that our brains may not have been prepared for such rapid changes. Possibly, we are too blind to realize our fall and we are living a dream. A crucial discussion to shape the future of work and promote equitable solutions for everyone. 👏🤔

[@AudayAlkhayat-j8h]

awsome presentation by Cathy Wood, she is amazing,

[@duilion885]

“Wages going up”…. lol

[@MrSchweppes]

In just 1.5 years, it will become clear to many how even Cathie Wood, a noted investor, has underestimated the rapid progress of AI. This could even be evident in as little as 12 months.

[@jonr6680]

It will, will it, oh soothsayer?

[@mk1st]

Doesn’t matter if she’s right or wrong, she’s in the ‘will get rich’ club.

[@eric2394]

I lost 95% of my money investing in her multinomics company

[@miplop3538]

Insightful information. Thank you!

[@KellyDyer-t8l]

Excellent forecast!

[@donaldputnam8413]

One symptom tells the tale: number after number presented without substantiation, then used as the foundation for self congratulation.

[@iveyhealth2266]

She's right! Great talk!

[@samuelzev4076]

Technology always has the upper hand in performance and surpasses any human capability but i fear that a complete integration of AI with all other facets of the economy like energy and finance would leave us reliant on it that we are controlled by AI instead of the other way around.

[@Landgraf43]

That will be the likely outcome. In the future these systems will become much smarter than humans. I can't think of examples of a more intelligent species getting controlled by a less intelligent one.

[@jmoney4695]

I could very easily argue that our society has become wholly reliant on 1. Electricity and 2. Internet. In many ways, our access and the performance of these underlying infrastructures are irreplaceable and entirely relied upon by billions around the world to function in everyday life. It is generally true that technology that is ubiquitously useful will generally become fully integrated and relied upon. It’s not an inherently bad thing.

[@ssonationsports7064]

First they call you crazy, then they call you a genius. Cathy is amazing!

[@StarkVandalez]

i think shes just pressing buttons. shes investing in the hype train because "we believe it will be worth trillions" Ya, very possible..let be real.. the true innovative tech is not even out yet. the companies that will be the leaders in 2030 might only be simple start ups right now.. perhaps they arent even formed yet. There are so many unique technologies that I would never just say its 5. there are another 3 or so major platforms that have created insane growth in the last 30 years that didnt even exist before that.

[@illuminitti8778]

Mrs. Wood Cathy, I just wanted to say that I support your presentation. You provided supporting facts in your presentation.

[@sustainabilityaxis]

Very informative and futuristic. Few more considerations like environment, climate change and sharing basis of research, would have definitely made the talk carrying more weight. Understandable, time is limited, still should have got some mention. Keep up your good work TED and the honorable guest Cathie Wood.

[@ysf-d9i]

none of those things are real problems compared to the huge amount of disruption that AI will bring. It's like talking about your neighbour losing her keys when there's a war going on.

[@Laurie-eg8ct]

That's what happens when you choose a broad topic to speak. You can never cover all aspects of it. It's better to choose a more narrow topic.

[@vijayragav1865]

yes i love to see everything coming cheaper in the economy - this will finally help us achieve the equality we already dreamed of

[@kstar_ca]

haha, it's so funny to read this comment, witnessing a double-digit inflation and mass layoffs across industries

[@kcdiazWTV]

Great insights. But didn't she sell a large number of NVidia stocks a couple of days before the start of this rally?

[@dazraf]

Who will all of these hyper automated and hyper growing companies sell to when most of us will not have our jobs?

[@jonathanmarth6426]

Don't worry, there will be AIs that receive UBI, so they can keep the economy going. AIs have the distinct advantage of not being required to spend their limited funds on food and other such luxuries.

[@dazraf]

@@jonathanmarth6426 😂 brilliant

[@roldanduarteholguin7102]

Export the Azure, Chat GPT, Revit, Plant 3D, Civil 3D, Inventor, ENGI file of the Building or Refinery to Excel, prepare Budget 1 and export it to COBRA. Prepare Budget 2 and export it to Microsoft Project. Solve the problems of Overallocated Resources, Planning Problems, prepare the Budget 3 with which the construction of the Building or the Refinery is going to be quoted.

[@hugodiazgarcia1266]

Congratulations on your excellent analysis about why AI will spark exponential economic growth!!!

[@JonathanFrost]

Tell me more about exponential economic growth on a finite planet.

[@Phil-W]

Space is big

[@carultch]

@@Phil-W Space is empty.

[@alexandermoody1946]

It is fairly reasonable to include all of these technologies together into the designs of single structures that are used to solve some of the most fundamental crises in our current civilisation, like social housing, farming, energy collection and human well being. All in one single structural design that can be easily repeated and improved upon.

[@audience2]

Too much regulation, lack of competition, and in the worst countries, no rule of law nor protection of property rights are the main problems.

[@alexandermoody1946]

@@audience2 I am not quite sure how your reply is relevant to my suggestion? But to be clear the way that the value of currency is shrinking year on year, future generations will have an absolute tiny minority that own any property. This is quite easily observable in reflection to the potential of each successive generation for the last four generations to own property by comparison to the previous generation and that is not considering those people that live in the less technologically developed parts of the world which equally have no chance of owning. The real fulcrum will be when the decision by all humans that harm in common law will always need to have the greater protection in law than loss.

[@jayrey5390]

Well this is nice and comforting and reassuring 😂

[@magnusk1]

Of course it will cause massive economic growth … for them !! While every non-creative consumer on the planet is left jobless, deemed obsolete

[@kinngrimm]

"The likes of which we have never seen" A lack of imagination while aiming for total dominance, what could possibly go wrong.

[@haroonafridi231]

It will increase the the difference of money distribution The 1% will get more rich And the number of poor people will increase more More jobless people, and poor will get even more poor

[@antoniobortoni]

The luxuries of the past are the norm now, there is no poverty is just drama, like eat eggs and chicken instead of expensive food, do fasting you will be more healthy, live simple, what do you want?? a super car? a incredible big house?? a tend is better, you move where the weather is nice... but you want super fast internet and super computers in your pocket... just normal pocket computer is enough.

[@haroonafridi231]

@@antoniobortoni you are saying there is no poverty in the world and poor and jobless people?

[@WeylandLabs]

Oh look another Ted on A.I featuring Cathie Wood from Ark that sells investments 24/7 and choose investment's based on trending Twitter/X algo's - utter trash ! I'm becoming disappointed in *Ted* lately having completely useless people that are only Twitter or X persona's talking about A.I. In 3 years she will be a biotech professional and official CRISPR scientist.

[@peachmango5347]

When will AI be able to forecast this weekend's weather with 100% accuracy?

[@Phil-W]

When AIs are driven by quantum computers It will be able to do weather prediction

[@RhynaX]

8:18 cameraman's crush

[@TheMdog8]

The gains will go to shareholders. Once they start replacing large groups of workers with AI you'll have a lot of highly skilled people with no job, who then have no money, so they can't buy stuff.... just think about the logical conclusion of all this. You can't have capitalism without capital.

[@SevlaStudies]

Stronger and useful advice.

[@JusDion]

Is "growth" supposed to be a positive term in this context?

[@benpielstick]

We replace all the taxi drivers with robot taxis, but then the taxi drivers have no jobs, and somehow this creates growth? I guess there will be a lot of growth at 20%, 30%, 50% unemployment as AI and robots replace human workers. We'd better figure out UBI or something or this might go very poorly.

[@0reo2]

She quite specifically said, about 50% of the growth (profits) will go to the platforms providing these robo taxis. The productivity gains in this case don't include the taxi drivers I'd say

[@benpielstick]

@@0reo2 Expand that further. If we displace taxi drivers and warehouse workers, and food service workers, and the list goes on, who can afford to take a taxi? "But those people will just find different jobs" you might say, except that Artificial General Intelligence will take those jobs too. We're looking at approaching the end of human labor value across the board in a few short years. Getting to 100% may take a while, but even cutting jobs by half will be an economic disaster if we don't change the model.

[@0reo2]

@@benpielstick yes this will be down the road at some point. I wouldn't want to be among the first jobs to be entirely replaced though. It'll take a while for people to agree that we really need UBI. Before there is consensus on that, we'll have to see the old system crash

[@wonseoklee80]

This is reasonable prediction - We are not going to all die within 10 years. Actually we will prosper thanks to the AI tech. ChatGPT and Github co-pilot actually improves human coding efficiency by 50%. Upcoming decade will be fantastic when it comes to economic growth.

[@ysf-d9i]

we're not all going to die in 10 years, but what about 20 or 30? And even if we don't die, will human life have any meaning if AI is not aligned with proper values (and all indications are that it won't be)?

[@realconsulting9745]

Power Curve Society - Aspen Institute 2013 - Disparate Generation and Distribution of Wealth - Tech Bro Class vs Ordinary People - Capital to Labor Ratios Dropping - Returns to Capital Increasing.

[@springbok4015]

This is a joke right? I would have expected better quality speakers than this. Missing the glaringly obvious issues that come with “exponential” economic growth among other things. Hopefully the next speaker has a more sensible approach and isn’t a CEO of an investment firm. The greed is something else.

[@asasoo]

Investment surely comes with high risk high rewards,if investing is so easy everyone also can earn money through Investment. Moreover is more like Gamba gambit but in the smart ways.😊

[@richdobbs6595]

I'm not sure that this is exponential economic growth. It seems more like exponential economic redistribution. Robotic taxis getting people around differently when the value of getting people decreases might cause some companies to do much better, but I'm just not sure that the total pie gets better at any sort of compound rate similar to what those companies do.

[@BU_IDo]

Economic growth for whom? A select few? And for how long? A billion knowledge workers is great but what about the other 7-8 billion people? Where will they work to be paid so they can buy services produced and offered by these highly productive, efficient, and effective innovations?

[@gene4094]

The most important technological breakthrough is creating a non carbon based energy. We have a near infinite amount of energy in water.

[@LukasNajjar]

Spot on! Great talk ❤

[@clavo3352]

I say Ms Woods, saying creative destruction without mentioning Joseph Schumpeter is bad form. Could have at least mentioned Robert Hielbroner.

[@MystifulHD]

What happens to capitalism when you replace workers? distribution is quite literally necessary, are we approaching communism?

[@mk1st]

Well it won’t be communism. In no way will the workers own this means of production.

[@madebysimppe]

Deflation happens, productivity goes off the roof and suddenly better than ever products are cheap or almost free while old widgets become useless crap. Freedom of money so maybe work becomes play where rewards are something else than what money used to trigger in us.

[@danielpaulodaniel]

She only forgot to say how the market will handle the gigantic unemployment that will come. How people with no income will participate in these future economy?

[@RhynaX]

Very optimistic

[@henriquerodrigues4643]

Good to listening, difficult to believe! Sometimes it is needed to separate desires the contaminate our forecast from reality, and it is not that easy when we are immerse in a wide net of interest conflict

[@GoToGuy222]

How is this going to affect the average person? When AI takes your job and you have no income...lower prices will mean nothing to you.

[@rrrndmg]

That's just so one-sided it could be placed in the chamber of weights and measures as a standard of one-sidedness. Where will the demand come from when all the taxi drivers stay home? (Substitute any other industry). Does Cathie mean the unconditional basic income will drive 40% investment growth? Sounds bolder than the boldest accelerationists do.

[@brendansullivan4872]

Glad she feels growth and empowered. That's a rare thing for most these days.

[@americantragedies]

I translated this video for those who don't want to watch: It'll spur economic growth for big time investors. (Not mentioned: it'll absolutely ratf*ck everyone who works for a living.)

[@chetanrawatji]

Thank You ❤

[@skyebrows]

As services and goods become or approach free they leave the economy and aren't captured by a measure of GDP.

[@kstar_ca]

Although some corporations will cost trillions...you'll own nothing and you'll be happy....what a bright future, I'm so happy to see it coming!

[@darshan303]

Wealth creation will only be useful if it's at all levels as to sell the product you need a buyer and corporation should not forget that.