SITUATION DETECTED: More than 200 economists and AI researchers, including 16 Nobel laureates, have signed a statement urging governments and institutions to prepare now for AI’s economic impact. Signatories include Jack Clark, Jeff Dean, Sarah Friar, Noam Brown, Tyler Cowen, John Schulman, and Eric Schmidt. The statement says AI could drive a transformation larger than the Industrial Revolution over a far shorter time frame, with major gains in living standards alongside displacement risk.