One person with AI replaces ten": what young economists talked about at Gorlaby VEB. RF. main.
Today, on Economist's Day, a discussion was held at the Young Economists' Club "The Business of the Economy" at Gorlaby VEB. RF. The "expert" worked on the site and collected the main statements of the speakers.
The CEO of Opora Russia Andrey Shubin noted that he likes to start his morning by viewing the analytical portal of the Federal Tax Service. There he tracks two indicators - profit and income of organizations.
According to him, they are decreasing in the last year. Chauvin called it the result of tax reform. Therefore, he emphasized, there is a need for a balance between fiscal goals and business support.
T-Investments Chief Economist Sofia Donets said one of the key problems with private equity today is that the trade-off between "fear and greed" that normally drives markets has disappeared.
Now both sentiments are pushing investors into money market funds and short-term deposits. The money stays there instead of working on other devices.
Rome III Center economist Grigory Chepkov emphasized that entrepreneurs who invest in productivity create a sustainable economy.
The increase in labor productivity increases the real wage, i.e. income supported by real returns, therefore creating stable demand. In the medium term this leads to a high wage economy.
President of IVA Technologies, member of the General Council of Business Russia Stanislav Yudkovsky noted that companies that are not currently investing in IT will soon find themselves playing.
According to him, today one person, with the help of artificial intelligence, can replace ten people in terms of productivity.
The deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on Economic Policy, Alexander Demin, said that platforms used to grow and develop independently, but in the end the market was biased towards monopolists.