Carney: AI and NFTs Will Initially Increase Income Inequality
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Mark Carney, former Governor of the Bank of England, discusses the macroeconomic impact of major technological advances with 20VC host Harry Stebbings.
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“So NFTs fall in this camp. Artificial intelligence, machine learning absolutely falls into that campus. Well, ultimately beneficial, but a period of time we're likely to increase inequality.”
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