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Christopher Pissarides, a Nobel laureate in economics and professor at the London School of Political Economy, reportedly said the labor market could quickly digest artificial intelligence (AI)-backed chatbots. Obviously, this comment helps to calm people's concerns that AI chatbots may bring a lot of job losses.

Pexels Pisarides, who specializes in the impact of automation on human work, said: "I am very optimistic that AI chatbots can help us increase productivity. We can get more happiness from work, and we can have more leisure time. Therefore, we can easily implement a four-day working week. "

AI chatbots, such as OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Bard, are considered a potentially transformative technology. It could lead to productivity gains, but it also has the potential to replace hundreds of millions of white-collar jobs with robots.

Pisarides has previously investigated the impact of automation on employment and won the Nobel Prize in Economics for his work on it. Of course, Pisarides also admitted that AI chat robot technology may be abused, resulting in some adverse effects. For example, it is used for surveillance or invasion of privacy. But he also stressed that if used properly, it could have a "huge impact" on productivity.

"In terms of work, it can replace us doing a lot of repetitive things, leaving creative work to humans," Pisarides said. And companies will deploy at a slower pace, easing the pain of the transition for workers. "

There are also concerns that the technology could have an adverse impact on society. For example, thousands of tech people, including Tesla CEO Elon Musk, recently issued an open letter calling for a moratorium on training AI systems more powerful than GPT-4.

Pisarides said: "If humans really want to work, there is almost no limit to the number of jobs they can create. Therefore, it will take a long time for AI chatbots to really affect human employment. During this time, people can make adjustments. In the process of adjustment, what humans need to do is basically to improve their skills. "

Pisarides 'comments follow a report by Goldman Sachs, an investment bank, that 300 million jobs worldwide are at risk of being replaced by "generative" artificial intelligence such as ChatGPT. Goldman Sachs economists also think it could have transformative effects on productivity and GDP growth.

As we all know, productivity growth has slowed in advanced economies since the financial crisis, and GDP growth has slowed significantly. Goldman Sachs economists said: "The combination of large labor cost savings, new job creation, and increased productivity for non-unemployed workers contributes to productivity gains, which in turn significantly boosts economic growth. We estimate that AI could eventually increase global annual GDP by 7%. "

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