Nobel laureate and co-director @DAcemogluMIT reacts to the Trump tariffs.
"I think we are starting uncharted experimentation now with a rapid end to the globalization episode."
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MIT Stone Center on Inequality & Shaping Work
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MIT Stone Center on Inequality & Shaping Work
@MITshapingwork
Economics research to revitalize labor market opportunities for workers without a college degree. Led by @DAcemogluMIT, @davidautor and @baselinescene.
- Co-director @DAcemogluMIT explains why he's concerned that AI could be used for "so-so automation," which displaces workers from tasks they used to perform without achieving productivity improvements or cost savings.
00:00 - In a forthcoming Handbook of Labor Economics chapter, @DAcemogluMIT & co-authors find that the impacts of a new technology depend on whether it is used to (1) augment labor, (2) augment capital, (3) automate labor, or (4) create new tasks. Read the paper: shapingwork.mit.edu/research/tasks…
- Co-director @DAcemogluMIT lays out two possible futures for agentic AI: autonomous AI agents that act on behalf of humans, or AI advisors that support human decision-makers. Which path we take will have far-reaching implications for human agency, inequality, and the labor market.
00:00 - Co-director @DAcemogluMIT argues that the rush toward achieving artificial general intelligence is a race in the wrong direction. "We should be using AI to make human talent more productive, more amplified, more valuable, more empowered, rather than trying to sideline it."
00:00 - Hear from the Shaping the Future of Work faculty co-directors @DAcemogluMIT, @baselinescene, and @davidautor about our mission and the launch of our new website: shapingwork.mit.edu
00:00 - Co-director @baselinescene describes working with @DAcemogluMIT as "seriously addictive," and shares how his career led him to collaborate with Acemoglu and James Robinson on what would become their Nobel-winning work. Watch the full interview: youtu.be/2DLfaB8N8VE
00:00 - Co-director @DAcemogluMIT explains why the centralized nature of the social media ecosystem, which puts an enormous amount of power in the hands of a few platforms, is a threat to democracy — and why AI may be headed in the same direction.
00:00 - We asked co-directors @DAcemogluMIT & @baselinescene how it felt to win the 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics. Stay tuned for more of this interview with the Nobel Laureates on their career trajectories, upcoming book projects, how institutions shape the path of technology, and more.
00:00 - Our co-director @DAcemogluMIT describes two of his current early-stage projects, one on reconceptualizing democracy for the 21st century, and the other interrogating what it means to be human in the age of AI. Watch the full interview with @baselinescene: youtube.com/watch?v=2DLfaB…
00:00 - In this clip from his opening remarks at our launch event, @DAcemogluMIT urges us not to ask passively what #AI will do to jobs, but instead ask ourselves: How should our society and institutions shape the direction of AI? Watch the full remarks: youtube.com/watch?v=Tmbdyn…
00:00 - 📣 We will soon become the James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Center on Inequality and Shaping the Future of Work! Starting in July, we will usher in a significant new era of research, policy, and education, made possible by a gift from the Stone Foundation.
- We were delighted to welcome @audreyt to MIT yesterday for an engaging discussion with @DAcemogluMIT and audience members on how digital technology can be harnessed to build and strengthen democracy. Thanks to @MITSloan's Leadership Now Chapter for co-organizing this event.
- Co-director @DAcemogluMIT identifies 3 epochal changes that will reshape the US economy — that we are largely unprepared to face. Read his opinion article in @nytimes: nytimes.com/2024/10/17/opi…
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