Economists clash over Acemoglu's pro-worker AI arguments
soumitrashukla9 · x · 2026-09-15
MIT economist Andrey Fradkin counters Acemoglu's "pro-worker AI" arguments in three points: AGI is pursued because market demand funds it; there's a natural division of labor — labs build AGI, the rest of the economy finds applications; and it is nearly impossible to ex-ante distinguish pro-worker from labor-substituting AI. The retweeder agrees it's just basic incentive analysis.
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