Daron Acemoglu's New AI Book Warns Institutions Aren't Ready for What's Coming
GarrisonLovely · x · 2026-10-23
Garrison Lovely met MIT economist Daron Acemoglu and got his new book signed. Acemoglu remains skeptical of AI's pace of development and diffusion while sharply criticizing the industry's focus on labor automation. Lovely argues our institutions are already buckling under the last two tech revolutions and are unprepared for an even bigger one. Acemoglu also blurred Lovely's book Obsolete.
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