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 Unusually for a journalist, I was once a billionaire. It was during a trip to Angola after a bout of hyperinflation; one dinner cost me a billion kwanzas reajustados. Despite my brief membership of this widely vilified minority, I do not take it personally when politicians and activists blame billionaires for all the world&rsquo;s ills, as they increasingly do. In fact, as we report this week, much of the 
 
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vilification is undeserved :
 most billionaire wealth these days is acquired not from inheritance or cronyism but in competitive industries, typically in ways that benefit the public. This is even true in some authoritarian countries,
 
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such as China .
 


 In any case, if Elon Musk is correct, in a few years&rsquo; time 
 
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money will not matter ,
 even his own $750bn fortune. In an extraordinary interview with Zanny Minton Beddoes, our editor-in-chief, Mr Musk predicts that AI will create such abundance that there will soon be little point in accumulating old-fashioned currency units.


 This is a comforting thought. However, he also predicts that AI will be so much more intelligent than humans that it will be as likely to obey us as it will be to take orders from chimpanzees. So we had better instil in it benign values before we lose control of it&mdash;as the recent 
 
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escape of an AI model  
 from a supposedly secure cage reminds us. Mr Musk thinks the best way to ensure that the technology is safe is for AI pioneers such as himself to keep tabs on one another, with the government as a back-up.


 Not everyone will find this reassuring. Tim O&rsquo;Reilly, a venture capitalist, argues in a &ldquo;By Invitation&rdquo; column that Mr Musk is creating a form of
 
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capitalism that would make Adam Smith shudder ,
 by removing the normal controls that shareholders have over bosses. Our Free Exchange column looks at the 
 
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history of Luddism .
 And our cover leader argues that Mr Musk&rsquo;s musings make clear that the world is
 
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utterly unprepared 
 for a technology that could throw everything up in the air. You can
 
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watch Zanny&rsquo;s interview with Mr Musk 
 on The Insider now. It is gripping.



 
 
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Our cover 

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Should you be afraid of Elon Musk? 

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Artificial intelligence is charging ahead. Not even its creators know how to keep up  


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The world&rsquo;s richest man&rsquo;s vision of the future 


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Elon Musk is building a form of capitalism that Adam Smith would loathe 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Billionaires 

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The rise of the deserving rich 

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Today’s billionaires are more likely than yesterday’s to have made their own money 


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China&rsquo;s mysterious new billionaires are conquering the world 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Saudi uranium  

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Donald Trump’s Saudi deal risks nuclear proliferation 

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It could have consequences far beyond the Middle East 



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Backwards with Burnham 

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Britain’s troublingly nostalgic new prime minister 

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In an era of change, Andy Burnham promises to rewind the clock 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Outside the box 

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Why the OpenAI escape is the most worrying AI mishap yet 

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Containing the technology is getting harder 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Prediction markets  

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Rules-based disorder: why prediction markets struggle if reality is contested 

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The platforms let their users bet on world events. But when outcomes are ambiguous, who gets to decide what happened? 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Stay or go  

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Where should you move for higher pay? 

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Some cities merely attract the well remunerated. Others will lift your wages 


 
 
 





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         Unusually for a journalist, I was once a billionaire. It was during a trip to Angola after a bout of hyperinflation; one dinner cost me a billion <i>kwanzas reajustados</i>. Despite my brief membership of this widely vilified minority, I do not take it personally when politicians and activists blame billionaires for all the world&rsquo;s ills, as they increasingly do. In fact, as we report this week, much of the 
          <a   data-linkto="https://" href="https://click.e.economist.com/?qs=ABB7InYiOjEsImQiOjQ5NDZ9AAcAAAAABFwJoFN7SwXO2Eg51R0BORHIRUz93zKuCNp92r5WwSH4-Tw3OBR_v9YTUALoO04qAn2JWb_Ifzyu--eQQTnAefTkatvDDg8lJ-KEsRw1" style="text-decoration:none;" title="vilification is undeserved">vilification is undeserved</a>:
          most billionaire wealth these days is acquired not from inheritance or cronyism but in competitive industries, typically in ways that benefit the public. This is even true in some authoritarian countries,
          <a   data-linkto="https://" href="https://click.e.economist.com/?qs=ABB7InYiOjEsImQiOjQ5NDZ9AAcAAAAABFwJoFN8E_QOm9z7KJEAQrbIjnApmiPVpsbB87C4E2F5YLkPtGBBk-TIlN0yA5Z-KCoz0s0AN8dHDy8tkuNju_2J3bUkbhyI39eIRVJP" style="text-decoration:none;" title="such as China">such as China</a>.
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         In any case, if Elon Musk is correct, in a few years&rsquo; time 
          <a   data-linkto="https://" href="https://click.e.economist.com/?qs=ABB7InYiOjEsImQiOjQ5NDZ9AAcAAAAABFwJoFN9W_OaJKg9KZYJmba-PXh-T3ZLP1z324LQ_ZkC600wDPcoB0bjycCP6rl6EylmQHuHAKGPku8Ov67eolIw5o_4THXMnxd4xPWG" style="text-decoration:none;" title="money will not matter">money will not matter</a>,
          even his own $750bn fortune. In an extraordinary interview with Zanny Minton Beddoes, our editor-in-chief, Mr Musk predicts that AI will create such abundance that there will soon be little point in accumulating old-fashioned currency units.<br>
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         This is a comforting thought. However, he also predicts that AI will be so much more intelligent than humans that it will be as likely to obey us as it will be to take orders from chimpanzees. So we had better instil in it benign values before we lose control of it&mdash;as the recent 
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          from a supposedly secure cage reminds us. Mr Musk thinks the best way to ensure that the technology is safe is for AI pioneers such as himself to keep tabs on one another, with the government as a back-up.<br>
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         Not everyone will find this reassuring. Tim O&rsquo;Reilly, a venture capitalist, argues in a &ldquo;By Invitation&rdquo; column that Mr Musk is creating a form of
          <a   data-linkto="https://" href="https://click.e.economist.com/?qs=ABB7InYiOjEsImQiOjQ5NDZ9AAcAAAAABFwJoFN_phzbzwV9VwFGRUoMD25teYyWWVbA9sD-_ejf6niABWFgNkaqOsyZPLmPBkBC5SEhx4MDv91WWVHToAhzouA3V62CuiFbCFo7" style="text-decoration:none;" title="capitalism that would make Adam Smith shudder">capitalism that would make Adam Smith shudder</a>,
          by removing the normal controls that shareholders have over bosses. Our Free Exchange column looks at the 
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          And our cover leader argues that Mr Musk&rsquo;s musings make clear that the world is
          <a   data-linkto="https://" href="https://click.e.economist.com/?qs=ABB7InYiOjEsImQiOjQ5NDZ9AAcAAAAABFwJoFOB6zBRpd56jLY3hRT8sZiF_NQRTo9V_wZTGG6vawTZuhhSbjbEYRiABGWAU3LN_CKEL019f3Zh6CPoxaVoy742RzK6LQEg3jg9" style="text-decoration:none;" title="utterly unprepared">utterly unprepared</a>
          for a technology that could throw everything up in the air. You can
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          on The Insider now. It is gripping.</p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><!-- //PARAGRAPH --></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" role="presentation" style="min-width: 100%; " class="stylingblock-content-wrapper"><tr><td class="stylingblock-content-wrapper camarker-inner"></td></tr></table>
        
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