In recent years,AI(artificial intelligence)has made considerable strides,transforming a number of industries and facets of daily life.However,as AI develops more,worries about its potential dangers and unforeseen repe...In recent years,AI(artificial intelligence)has made considerable strides,transforming a number of industries and facets of daily life.However,as AI develops more,worries about its potential dangers and unforeseen repercussions have surfaced.This article investigates the claim that AI technology has broken free from human control and is now unstoppable.We look at how AI is developing right now,what it means for society,and what steps are being taken to reduce the risks that come with it.We seek to highlight the need for responsible development and implementation of this game-changing technology by examining the opportunities and challenges that AI presents.展开更多
Using a large, unique county-level panel dataset for China from 1998 to 2006, this paper investigates the relationship between local governments ＇fiscal pressure and their preference for developing polluting industr...Using a large, unique county-level panel dataset for China from 1998 to 2006, this paper investigates the relationship between local governments ＇fiscal pressure and their preference for developing polluting industries. The results show that there exist fiscal pressure effects; namely, a positive link between the fiscal pressure faced by a county and its industrial tax dependence on polluting industries. We also investigate the heterogeneity of the fiscal pressure effects and find that fiscal pressure effects are significant only when local fiscal pressure is sufficiently high up to a certain point, and when there are more earmarked transfers. In contrast to the situation in east China, fiscal pressure effects in central and west China are more pronounced Therefore, when dealing with environmental problems, policy-makers need to take local governments＇ fiscal conditions into account.展开更多
文摘In recent years,AI(artificial intelligence)has made considerable strides,transforming a number of industries and facets of daily life.However,as AI develops more,worries about its potential dangers and unforeseen repercussions have surfaced.This article investigates the claim that AI technology has broken free from human control and is now unstoppable.We look at how AI is developing right now,what it means for society,and what steps are being taken to reduce the risks that come with it.We seek to highlight the need for responsible development and implementation of this game-changing technology by examining the opportunities and challenges that AI presents.
文摘Using a large, unique county-level panel dataset for China from 1998 to 2006, this paper investigates the relationship between local governments ＇fiscal pressure and their preference for developing polluting industries. The results show that there exist fiscal pressure effects; namely, a positive link between the fiscal pressure faced by a county and its industrial tax dependence on polluting industries. We also investigate the heterogeneity of the fiscal pressure effects and find that fiscal pressure effects are significant only when local fiscal pressure is sufficiently high up to a certain point, and when there are more earmarked transfers. In contrast to the situation in east China, fiscal pressure effects in central and west China are more pronounced Therefore, when dealing with environmental problems, policy-makers need to take local governments＇ fiscal conditions into account.
