Jason Alan Snyder

AI and the Economy: Transformation and Disruption | Global Conference 2025

Richard Lui, Roger Ferguson, Mark Minevich, Jason Alan Snyder, Lareina Yee

Experts characterize the current AI landscape as an early-stage "supply shock" comparable to the industrial revolution, where technological advancements in agentic systems and compute far outpace the mere 1% of companies achieving maturity. This rapid acceleration has triggered a geopolitical race led by the US and China while exposing critical infrastructure bottlenecks in energy and skilled labor, necessitating a shift toward "Capitalism 3.0" to address widespread job displacement and ethical governance gaps. Ultimately, the event underscores that realizing the projected $200–300 billion in near-term revenue will require synchronized global collaboration on data standards, nuclear power solutions, and new societal frameworks to manage the transition from generative experimentation to autonomous action.