According to Xinhua, yesterday, the International Monetary Fund (IMF)IMFThe President, Kristalina Georgieva, said at the 2025 World Bank and IMF annual meeting in Washington, D.CAI(AI) IS BRINGING "UNBELIEVABLY OPTIMISTIC" AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTRIBUTE TO GLOBAL ECONOMIC GROWTH FROM 0.11 TP3T TO 0.81 TP3T。
The blogger says:AI DOES PROMISE TO INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY, BUT IT CAN ALSO BECOME A NEW SOURCE OF WIDENING DISPARITIES WITHIN AND BETWEEN COUNTRIESI DON'T KNOW. THE LATEST PUBLICATION OF THE IMF WORLD ECONOMIC OUTLOOK PROVIDES A MODEST UPWARD ADJUSTMENT TO THE PROJECTED GLOBAL ECONOMIC GROWTH IN 2025 TO 3.2%, BUT IS EXPECTED TO FALL BACK TO 3.1% IN 2026。
She stressed that the IMF had established the "AI preparedness index" to assess countries from the four dimensions of digital infrastructure, labour skills, innovation capacity and penetration. The results show that different countries have "a huge distribution of the leading to the backward" in the use of AI。
GEORGIEVA CAUTIONED THAT, WITHOUT ADEQUATE PREPARATION, AI, WHILE LEADING TO PRODUCTIVITY GAINS, COULD EXACERBATE GLOBAL IMBALANCES。
Uncertainty will persist and change will not stop, but change will also mean opportunity。