The author is retired from IBM and owns a research company that uses artificial intelligence to examine economic and technical issues.   Unless people use computers for research, they may be unaware of two growing economic threats:  1) job losses caused by artificial intelligence; 2) Sea level rises due to global warming.

The author queried the Google Bard artificial intelligence tool about the calendar year that these two problems would become serious threats to the Florida economy, and the year 2050 was the answer to both questions. Continue reading →