Metronome

A call for an international research program on the risk of a global polycrisis

Thomas Homer-Dixon, Ortwin Renn, Johan Rockström, Jonathan F. Donges, and Scott Janzwood

A paper calling for a research program to investigate this moment’s seemingly sharp amplification, acceleration, and synchronization of systemic risks.

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Max – a thought experiment: Could AI run the economy better than markets?

Edward A. (Ted) Parson

This paper explores how recent advances in AI have re-opened questions around the feasibility and desirability of central economic planning. It presents a thought experiment about how an AI-directed economy might work, based on a powerful AI agent (whimsically named “Max”).

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