Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Abundance, anyone? Our AI future may be decided one way or the other over the next five years, says Chad Jones, professor of economics.

The risks are real: AI could enable bad actors to hack power grids, compromise financial systems, or worse. But there’s good news, too. “I think if we get through that,” Jones says, “the ability of AI to transform the economy for good is really there and present.”