Economic Policy for AGI

Contents Contents 11 policies we evaluated Welfare and agency Evaluating AGI economic policies: Agency and democratic empowerment Evaluating AGI economic policies: Welfare and resilience Some interventions are more feasible than others Evaluating AGI economic policies: Durability across scenarios Building positive AGI economic futures Evaluating AGI economic policies: Feasibility and implementation Economic policy for AGI This essay evaluates eleven policies societies could implement to manage the potential economic disruption arising from increasingly advanced and pervasive AI.

Growing anxiety about how AI will impact jobs and the economy is emerging as a major issue across broad swaths of society. It is already a top concern for political candidates and for younger generations – all before the effect of AI shows up in most economic data .