Special Meeting 2024: AI, Productivity, Work: Can We Have it All?

While AI has the potential to augment the capabilities of workers by automating tasks, concerns persist regarding technological unemployment and the concentration of productivity gains. As AI develops further, what are the trade-offs leaders will need to manage? This is the full audio from a session at the Special Meeting on Global Collaboration, Growth and Energy for Development in Riyadh on 28 April, 2024. Watch it here: https://www.weforum.org/events/special-meeting-on-global-collaboration-growth-and-energy-for-development-2024/sessions/ai-productivity-work-can-we-have-it-all/ Speakers: Tiit Riisalo, Minister of Economic Affairs and Information Technology, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Information Technology of Estonia Thomas L. Friedman, Columnist, Foreign Affairs, The New York Times Paula Ingabire, Minister of Information Communication Technology and Innovation, Ministry of Information Communication Technology and Innovation of Rwanda Øyvind Eriksen, President and Chief Executive Officer, Aker ASA Hiroaki Kitano, Executive Deputy President; Chief Technical Officer; Chief Executive Officer, Sony Research, Sony Group Corporation Abdullah AlSwaha, Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology of Saudi Arabia Special Meeting 2024 This episode is related to the Forum's Special Meeting on Global Cooperation, Growth and Energy for Development held in Riyadh on 28-29 April 2024. https://www.weforum.org/events/special-meeting-on-global-collaboration-growth-and-energy-for-development-2024/ Related podcasts: AI: Is 2024 the year that governance catches up with the tech? Advanced Energy Solutions: scaling up the tech that can help us get to net zero Why it's time for the 'middle powers' to step up on geopolitics Check out all our podcasts on wef.ch/podcasts: YouTube: - https://www.youtube.com/@wef/podcasts Radio Davos - subscribe: https://pod.link/1504682164 Meet the Leader - subscribe: https://pod.link/1534915560 Agenda Dialogues - subscribe: https://pod.link/1574956552 Join the World Economic Forum Podcast Club: https://www.facebook.com/groups/wefpodcastclub