Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Shutterstock Over 200 economists, researchers and industry executives, including sixteen Nobel Prize winners, signed an urgent letter warning that AI could radically transform the economy at an unprecedented pace and scale — and that policymakers and governments need to move to mitigate the fallout. Titled “We Must Act Now,” the letter is brief. It predicts that “AI may become radically more powerful