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AI is proving a 100-year-old prediction true

· By Adrian Wooldridge
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Great minds go off on odd tangents. In 1930, John Maynard Keynes took time out from thinking about the Great Depression, which was throwing millions out of work, to write a charming essay about the "economic possibilities for our grandchildren.” What would life be like a hundred years hence, he asked. His answer: Th…

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