IMF Sees AI as a Growth Engine, but Warns of Side Effects
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According to AI TIMES, the IMF said AI investment could become a new engine that lifts global economic growth by about 0.5 percentage point…
According to AI TIMES, the IMF said AI investment could become a new engine that lifts global economic growth by about 0.5 percentage point a year, while also warning on October 7 about overheating, power demand, job shocks, and financial instability. The assessment places weight on viewing AI not as a tech-sector fad, but as a macroeconomic variable that affects production, demand, and policy across the board. In particular, it said that as data centers and computing infrastructure expand, the investment effect will broaden, but if expectations do not translate into actual results, market shocks could grow larger. It also noted that as energy supply strains deepen, AI's spread could intensify competition to secure electricity. In labor markets, it stressed the need for retraining and adaptation policies in preparation for automation, work reorganization, and the possibility of wider gaps. At the same time, it said the financial markets, cybersecurity, taxes, and regulatory systems must be revamped without stifling innovation.
Perspective
The core of this issue is that the standards for AI competition can no longer be explained by technical performance or investment enthusiasm alone. To maximize the growth effect, power, infrastructure, labor transition, and financial stability safeguards must all be designed at once, which means the line between industrial policy and macroeconomic policy is likely to blur more quickly going forward. In the end, this shows that the standard for competitiveness is shifting from simply building better AI to who can first create an economic structure that can absorb AI shocks.
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