OpenAI investor Vinod Khosla predicts AI will deflate the economy over the next 25 years

Vinod Khosla, billionaire and early backer of OpenAI, predicts that artificial intelligence (AI) will have a "hugely deflationary" impact on the global economy over the next 25 years. He believes that while capital may be scarce for a time, goods and services will be in abundance, and current measures of GDP and the economy will become less relevant. Khosla's venture capital firm invested $50 million into OpenAI in 2019, marking the largest investment in the firm's history.

Khosla's views align with those of Elon Musk, who last year predicted a "quasi-infinite" economy if Tesla's AI robot Optimus were capable of manual labor. Musk envisions a future of abundance with no poverty, where products and services are readily available. Both Khosla and Musk believe AI will fundamentally transform civilization.

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Vinod Khosla, billionaire and early OpenAI backer, believes that AI will have a 'hugely deflationary' impact on the economy over the next 25 years.
Khosla suggests that traditional measures of GDP and the economy will become less relevant, but goods and services will be abundant.
Elon Musk also predicts significant economic impacts from AI, suggesting that the economy could become 'quasi-infinite' if AI robots were capable of manual labor.
Khosla's venture capital firm invested $50 million into OpenAI in 2019, marking the largest investment in the firm's history.

OpenAI investor Vinod Khosla predicts AI will deflate the economy over the next 25 years

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