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Daron Acemoglu

@dacemoglumit

Institute Professor @MIT, @MITEcon. Co-Director of @MITShapingWork. Author of Why Nations Fail, The Narrow Corridor, and Power & Progress.

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New poll presents 1,000 voters with what I think is a decent summary of the arguments for and against SB 1047 (although maybe could've mentioned some political economy counterarguments?) and finds +39 net support, rising to +47 among tech workers.

New poll presents 1,000 voters with what I think is a decent summary of the arguments for and against SB 1047 (although maybe could've mentioned some political economy counterarguments?) and finds +39 net support, rising to +47 among tech workers.
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A pair of MIT economists are proposing a flat tax of 50% for companies when annual digital ad revenue rises above $500 million. Here’s their thinking. Simon Johnson Daron Acemoglu mitsloan.co/4dcGjhH

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MIT Economics Professor Daron Acemoglu discusses how democracies balance their approach to libertarian principles and government intervention. Watch the full episode of Capitalism and Freedom in the 21st Century Podcast hosted by Jon Hartley below: x.com/HooverInst/sta… Original: youtube.com/watch?v=xVBeSp…

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In a recent op-ed for Project Syndicate, Daron Acemoglu argues that the current AI safety debate ignores the crucial consideration of who has power and control over the technology. Read the article: project-syndicate.org/commentary/ai-…

In a recent op-ed for <a href="/ProSyn/">Project Syndicate</a>, <a href="/DAcemogluMIT/">Daron Acemoglu</a> argues that the current AI safety debate ignores the crucial consideration of who has power and control over the technology.

Read the article: project-syndicate.org/commentary/ai-…
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In a forthcoming Handbook of Labor Economics chapter, Daron Acemoglu & 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…

In a forthcoming Handbook of Labor Economics chapter, <a href="/DAcemogluMIT/">Daron Acemoglu</a> &amp; 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…
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OpenAI whistleblower Daniel Kokotajlo: Nearly half of the AI safety researchers at OpenAI have left the company. This includes the previously unreported departures of Jan Hendrik Kirchner, Collin Burns, Jeffrey Wu, Jonathan Uesato, Steven Bills, Yuri Burda, and Todor Markov.

OpenAI whistleblower Daniel Kokotajlo: Nearly half  of the AI safety researchers at OpenAI have left the company.

This includes the previously unreported departures of Jan Hendrik Kirchner, Collin Burns, Jeffrey Wu, Jonathan Uesato, Steven Bills, Yuri Burda, and Todor Markov.
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A dear friend & ally in Gaza, Omar Abed Rabou, who has been a fierce critic of Hamas & has faced unbelievable persecution by the group and its mobs online, just lost his brother Mohammed & sister Somaya in an Israeli airstrike on their home in Nuseirat in Gaza. He barely survived

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📌Mahfi Eğilmez'den (Mahfi Eğilmez) çarpıcı IMF raporu değerlendirmesi: 🗣️''Ücretleri enflasyon kadar artırmayarak sadece sosyal gerilimi artırırız. Vergisini ödememiş, kayıt dışına çıkmış, bu yolla elde ettiği geliri servetine eklemiş ve bunu bir marifetmiş gibi lüks

📌Mahfi Eğilmez'den (<a href="/mahfiegilmez/">Mahfi Eğilmez</a>) çarpıcı IMF raporu değerlendirmesi:

🗣️''Ücretleri enflasyon kadar artırmayarak sadece sosyal gerilimi artırırız. Vergisini ödememiş, kayıt dışına çıkmış, bu yolla elde ettiği geliri servetine eklemiş ve bunu bir marifetmiş gibi lüks
Eliezer Yudkowsky ⏹️ (@esyudkowsky) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Proud that humans created AI? Not the way we did it and are doing it. There was no understanding of intelligence that sparked it, only pushing a rock down a sufficiently huge gradient hill. No one will or *can* check on the possible sentience or rights of what Asimov hoped

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Musk/X has slapped a spam/dangerous content warning on this NPR link. This shows just how damaging this explosive story is to Trump. Let's get it wide, folks.

Musk/X has slapped a spam/dangerous content warning on this NPR link. This shows just how damaging this explosive story is to Trump. Let's get it wide, folks.
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New oped about Trump’s threat to democracy The Trump Threat to Democracy Has Only Grown by Daron Acemoglu - Project Syndicate project-syndicate.org/commentary/tru…

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This podcast is really a battle between Acemoglu & Acemoglu When Daron presented new ideas, I contradicted him by citing his earlier papers iTunes: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/roc… Transcript: open.substack.com/pub/draliceeva…

This podcast is really a battle between Acemoglu &amp; Acemoglu 

When Daron presented new ideas, I contradicted him by citing his earlier papers 

iTunes: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/roc…

Transcript: open.substack.com/pub/draliceeva…
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A thread about what is wrong with the influence of Elon Musk and other tech billionaires. Another thread about content moderation will follow later this week. Obviously, the problem isn’t that Musk is expressing his opinions, which is his freedom of speech. It isn’t that Musk has

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"Can we also do other things with technology at the same time so that we introduce new tasks, new capabilities for workers?" Economist Daron Acemoglu speaks to David Edmonds about the positives and potential pitfalls of AI. Listen to the new episode: ow.ly/zUSR50TffWa

"Can we also do other things with technology at the same time so that we introduce new tasks, new capabilities for workers?"

Economist <a href="/DAcemogluMIT/">Daron Acemoglu</a> speaks to <a href="/DavidEdmonds100/">David Edmonds</a> about the positives and potential pitfalls of AI.

Listen to the new episode: ow.ly/zUSR50TffWa