October 2025 - Artificial Intelligence and its Challenges for Society

Last updated on Nov 28, 2025
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The Research Chair in Intergenerational Economics (CREEi) sponsored a conference organized by ESG UQAM on the economic and social impacts of artificial intelligence. Daron Acemoglu (MIT) and Yoshua Bengio (Mila) discussed the risks and opportunities of AI, particularly regarding employment, productivity, energy demand, and the concentration of technological power.

Further informations availaible on CREEI’s website.

Raquel Fonseca
Raquel Fonseca
Head and Professor of the Department of Economics

My research interests include Macroeconomics and Applied Econometrics, Health Economics, Pension Systems, Retirement and Aging, Poverty, Entrepreneurship, Labor Markets.