Georgieva: love it, hate it or fear it, AI is here
IMF MD’s ambivalence contrasts with Macklem’s cautious optimism and Anthropic policy chief’s bullishness
The International Monetary Fund’s managing director has spoken of her love-hate relationship with artificial intelligence and her fears about the speed and scale of its adoption.
Speaking on a panel on October 16 at the IMF annual meetings in Bangkok, Kristalina Georgieva called AI an “extraordinary, fast-moving technology” and stressed that it was like “nothing we have seen in our lifetimes”.
“The speed with which it is penetrating is unbelievable,” she said.
Yet although the technology had given
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