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In the speakers’ scenario, AIs request special economic zones with most regulations waived, potentially in deserts or other areas with few or no human residents, and human workers are brought there.

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“In fact, in our scenario,”
“we have the AIs asking for special economic zones where most of the regulations are waived, maybe in areas that aren't suitable for human habitation or where there aren't a lot of humans right now. Like the desert,”
“they give those areas to the AI,”
“they bus in human workers. There were things kind of like this.”
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