Rethinking Social and Economic Policy in the Age of General-Purpose Artificial Intelligence: Navigating the Cascading Impacts of AI Adoption
Jonathan W. Welburn; Maya Buenaventura; Vegard M. Nygaard; Chandra Garber; Leah Dion; Pedro Nascimento de Lima; Anton Shenk; Anujin Nergui; Carter C. Price; Benjamin Boudreaux; Beba Cibralic; Jim Mignano; Sean Mann; Flannery C. Dolan; Karishma V. Patel
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The authors synthesize findings related to artificial intelligence (AI) and examine sectoral trends in AI adoption, focusing on four key sectors while highlighting the profound uncertainty that surrounds the future trajectory of AI capability advancements. They examine the inherent trade-offs and tensions of AI adoption through both legal and macroeconomic lenses and discuss considerations for adequate policy responses.
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@techreport{welburn_rethinking_2025,
title = {Rethinking {Social} and {Economic} {Policy} in the {Age} of {General}-{Purpose} {Artificial} {Intelligence}: {Navigating} the {Cascading} {Impacts} of {AI} {Adoption}},
shorttitle = {Rethinking {Social} and {Economic} {Policy} in the {Age} of {General}-{Purpose} {Artificial} {Intelligence}},
url = {https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA3888-2.html},
language = {en},
urldate = {2025-09-23},
author = {Welburn, Jonathan W. and Buenaventura, Maya and Nygaard, Vegard M. and Garber, Chandra and Dion, Leah and {Nascimento de Lima}, Pedro and Shenk, Anton and Nergui, Anujin and Price, Carter C. and Boudreaux, Benjamin and Cibralic, Beba and Mignano, Jim and Mann, Sean and Dolan, Flannery C. and Patel, Karishma V.},
month = sep,
year = {2025},
doi = {10.7249/RRA3888-2},
keywords = {Innovation Policy, Artificial Intelligence, Banking and Financial Services, Economic Policy, Energy and Environment, Health Care Technology, Research, Science, Science and Technology Legislation, Social Equity, Technology, Transportation}
}