What’s There to Fear in a World with Transformative AI? With the Right Policy, Nothing.

Transformative AI may make us more collectively prosperous than ever before, yet there is no iron law that says societal well-being must rise along with it. In this essay, Betsey Stevenson argues that a successful transition to a world with TAI requires us to engage with three problems—how ordinary people can seek a better life if human work is devalued or displaced, how valuable resources will be distributed, and where people will get meaning and purpose. If we get the policy response right, we do not need to fear a world with TAI.