Daron Acemoglu

Daron Acemoglu is Institute Professor at MIT. He is coauthor, with James A. Robinson, of The Narrow Corridor: States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty and Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty. Find him on Twitter @DrDaronAcemoglu.

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AI’s Future Doesn’t Have to Be Dystopian

AI can be used to increase human productivity, create jobs and shared prosperity, and protect and bolster democratic freedoms—but only if we modify our approach.

Daron Acemoglu

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Response: AI Can Still Be Redirected

Final response: It is not too late to put technology to work to create jobs and opportunities and to support individual freedom and democracy.

Daron Acemoglu

Response: Daron Acemoglu responds to Dean Baker

Politics is indeed a major factor in the plight of American workers. But the challenges they face are more multifaceted and in some ways different than the ones Dean Baker describes. Baker...

Daron Acemoglu

Response: Response to Effective Altruism

What’s not to like about charitable giving based on quantitative evidence and aimed at maximum impact? Actually, I have a few misgivings. First, on individuals and institutions: although greater altruistic feeling and behavior...

Daron Acemoglu

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AI’s Future Doesn’t Have to Be Dystopian

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Response: AI Can Still Be Redirected

Response: Daron Acemoglu responds to Dean Baker

Response: Response to Effective Altruism

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