Over the long sweep of history, three forces have driven humanity’s greatest transformations, for good and ill: disease, war and economic growth. By reducing costs and increasing the availability and productivity of a vast array of goods and services, artificial intelligence will have a profound impact on all three. History is littered with plagues and pandemics that altered the trajectory of human population growth. The Black Death, for example, killed between 75 million and 200 million people across Europe, Asia, the Middle East and North Africa between 1346 and 1353.

Over the long sweep of history, three forces have driven humanity’s greatest transformations, for good and ill: disease, war and economic growth. By reducing costs and increasing…

長い歴史の流れの中で、人類に善悪を問わず最大の変革をもたらしてきた3つの要因がある。それは、疫病、戦争、そして経済成長である。人工知能は、コストを削減し、多種多様な商品やサービスの入手可能性と生産性を高めることで、これら・・・