The OpenAI saga – in which founder and CEO Sam Altman was suddenly fired and then reinstated, together with a new governing board – may have been enthralling, but it was neither novel nor surprising. Historically, capital usually wins out when there are competing visions for the future of an innovative product or business model.
shows why OpenAI’s efforts to preserve its founding non-profit mission never stood any chance.
Climate change is expected to displace tens of millions of people by mid-century, especially in the Global South. By enhancing international cooperation, we could improve the lives and livelihoods of the displaced and develop sustainable solutions that enable affected communities to rebuild.
urge leaders to take a holistic approach to addressing the sharp increase in weather-related displacement.
Antara Haldar
advocates a radical rethink of development, explains what went right at the recent AI Safety Summit, highlights the economics discipline’s shortcomings, and more.
发自华盛顿特区——世界上那些最贫穷的国家正处于水深火热之中,而其他国家却对此置若罔闻。要这么做其实很容易,因为低收入国家不会在短期内对整个世界的命运产生多大影响。截至6月底这28个国家的GDP总和约为5000亿美元——相对总规模达100万亿美元的全球经济来说只是九牛一毛。
但即便如此,仍有7亿人生活在这些国家,且其中约一半处于赤贫状态。长期以来这些贫民们已经习惯于被拥有其他优先事项的本国政府所无视。比如这些国家在战争和国防上的花费要比在医疗保健支出高出约50%。国家近一半的预算被用于支付公共部门薪资和债务利息,而用于支持最弱势民众的支出仅占低收入国家政府总支出的3%,只相当于发展中经济体总体平均水平的1/10。
因此没有人会对这些国家正在上演的人类悲剧感到惊讶。当前低收入国家的主要人类发展指标与2000年时相比要糟糕得多——当时的许多低收入国家随后都成功跻身中等收入国家行列。比如孕产妇死亡率比2000年高出25%,电力覆盖人口比例从52%降至仅仅40%。国民平均预期寿命目前仅为 62 岁,也是全球预期寿命最低的国家群体之一。
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